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Seeing the Glass Ceiling

Posted by Bronia Szczygiel

I remember several years ago debating with a CEO on the shocking lack of senior women in an organisation I worked in. After a frustrating time trying to convince him of the unconscious bias women faced in a male dominated workplace, he asked me what I thought the main problem was.

I said that maybe women just weren’t as intelligent or capable as men.
“I don’t believe that for a minute!” he said, totally shocked.
“Neither do I” I hit back, “and that’s my point!”

If it’s not a lack of intelligence or capability then something else is at work.
And it’s appropriately called a glass ceiling because it’s really difficult to see.

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strengths and weaknesses

When is a weakness not a weakness?

Posted by Bronia Szczygiel

When it’s a strength!

It’s my strongly held belief that there’s no such thing as a weakness.

And what’s more when I’m training people to manage others I encourage them to believe the same thing with a surprising level of success.

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Decisions, Decisions! The Art of Decisive Thinking

Posted by Bronia Szczygiel

Making a decision can be fraught with tension.

What if it’s a bad decision? What if it’s a good decision but there was a better one?

The trouble is that fear of making a less than perfect decision often means that no decision is made at all and that can be even worse. Organisations can become dinosaur-like simply because decision making at the top is so painfully slow.

Or, maybe you know the decision you should make but there is something holding you back.

So how can we make decision making less painful?

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