Thursday, February 9, 2012
Women Leaders
Sandberg talks about women in the workplace in the video and the issue of equality in the workplace. The strangest thing that Sandberg says in her speech is that it was the women's fault more than the man's fault that women are not equally represented in the corporation. Women are always underestimating themselves and cutting themselves short and this type of behavior is what leads to a lack of self esteem. This lack of self confidence makes it so woman are not pursuing raises and promotions as much as men are. The issue of why woman are not equally represented in the upper management levels of the workforce in my opinion is not a current prejudice, but rather because we are recovering from a former prejudice. Back in the 60's and 70's, it was unheard of for a woman to be a CEO of any firm and today it really is not a big deal. I would say that the average man or woman would not care what sex there boss is and currently the only reason there is an inequality is because woman are still comfortable with the power yet and the people electing individuals to run many companies are the same people they were around in the 60's and 70's and might be stuck in there old ways. The biggest thing that will push women to that next step will be an increase in confidence and just basically the passing of time. In time things will balance a little better when it comes to equal representation of men and women in the higher levels of the workforce.
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I like how you point out that the inequality is not a current prejudice. I agree because nowadays we are more accustomed to dealing with women in high positions in the workforce. What contributes to the lack of women higher up in the corporation is the fact we are trying to overcome the past prejudices. Until that's accomplished I think we will continue to lack the amount of women who are higher up in the chain.
ReplyDeleteBeing a woman, I find it hard but I am able to agree with what you are saying. It is kind of embarrassing that women are unable to push themselves to ask for raises or to move to the next level of a leadership position. I have to say that it is quite intimidating to be a young girl in the work force shooting for a high position in a business. Although women may seem shy or not-so motivated it is more common for men to hold higher positions in companies (I believe, still...) because of prejudices that began years ago. I think that Sandberg has many wonderful objectives in what she is saying but I completely agree with you when you say that with time, things will change for women. If women themselves are unable to take the risk or motivate one to move on to the next level in their business or corporation then the position they are aiming for may not be fit for them. I believe with a lot of practice, dedication, leadership skills, and determination any person-man or woman- can achieve what they want in life.
DeleteI think Sandberg makes some good points. However, she is over analyzing the situation a bit.While some women do undermine their own abilities, whats to say men can just out do them most of the time in the business world. Not being sexist at all its just that men have more of a knack for these sorts of things. I believe it might be more of a cultural upbringing than women in general. Men are the one that approach women during courtship and well as taking charge in many parts of the relationship early on. This expectancy to take the first step may have something to do with their performance in their jobs. So its not just the fact they are men or woman, but the upbringing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything that you said. I wrote about how women need more confidence to try to get the upper level jobs and how they need to stop cutting their-self short. You make a very good point when you talked about the people that are doing the hiring may possibly be stuck in the age of the 60's or 70's
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