News from the PWN Pipeline:
An article with interesting perspectives and career advice from successful women in a variety of different fields, such as an engineer, bank president, and advertising firm president. Each brief profile of the women includes answers to questions that address work-life balance, overcoming career hurdles, career mistakes and successes, as well as advice they would give to other women coming up in the ranks.
Forbes magazine recently profiled Lori Senecal, the chairman and CEO of New York-based advertising agency Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners, and the successful executive described her career trajectory and shared career advice for other future female leaders. One of the insights she offered was remembering to "to do less, better" in order to create greater value and impact for your work.
The Guardian's Kim Elsesser writes that organizational rules and policies that deter sexual harrassment and limit office relationships have also contributed to increased barriers in communication between male and female colleagues. Specifically, she writes that this 'sex partition' may be impeding women's advancement in organizations and institutions where the majority of senior executives and mentors are men. Elsesser suggests it is possible men fear that networking or forming close mentorship relationships with women may be perceived negatively as harassment or romantic interest, and so they are more likely to stick to reaching out to other men in their networks. Increasing employee's awareness of these issues and concerns, she writes, is critical for overcoming these workplace and career barriers and creating more meaningful opportunities to network and receive mentorship.
