Phil Borges - Women Empowered

Great article on what women can do to break the digital ceiling! Recently speaking to a fabulous diversity professional, Laura Swapp, I heard her war stories from the trenches of corporate consulting engagements, where she was tasked with figuring out why on earth women seem to plateau, and not advance beyond certain levels of senior management. The bottom line is that the system itself is broken, women used to get trained to “be like men” in order to be able to compete in the corporate world, and we frankly haven’t evolved much from those days. Rather than asking why women don’t advance beyond a specific place, we should be asking whether that place, and the way it’s been structured (work/life balance, priorities, etc), is even remotely interesting to the other 55% of humanity! Let’s not try to figure out what’s broken with women, let’s spend a little time figuring out what’s broken with that corner office, and how to make it a place that isn’t designed for one sex or another, but for anyone with passion and smarts, and the determination and wisdom to lead.

Another good one here.