It’s a myth that women dont wait on other women: mentoring and sponsoring play a enormous role in the modern workplaceDespite recent reports to the opposite,the myth of the queen bee who fails to wait on other women in the workplace continues to resurface. I’ve had no experience of other women, or indeed men, and “doing me mistaken” at work. It always pains me to hear internalised misogyny and complaints approximately women not being good leaders or managers. Sure,I’ve experienced dreadful bosses, most of them men, and some of them women,but it’s a people thing, not a woman thing. People can be wholly unsupportive and difficult to work for, and no matter who they are. In reality,far from being in it just for themselves, a enormous number of successful women are helping other women climb the career ladder. Mentoring and sponsoring are the buzzwords of modern business. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com