Some examples of female executives

It’s sometimes an uncomfortable topic- but it’s a topic that is very real and very true- in your face or in other, more insidious ways, women deal with different circumstances than men in positions of higher responsibility.

I had the chance to think more about this topic through Joya Martin’s blog http://www.joyamartin.com/10-things/. She goes over a 10 ways to help the experience go smoother through her own experience as an executive. Some of her tips apply to both men and women- like “work hard”- but often times it’s women that must be reminded of her other tips- like “if you don’t ask, the answer is always ‘no'”.

I’ve read before that girls, from an early age, are encouraged (done wittingly or not) to be the listener and the receiver by the media, movies, parents, and people around them. I’d like to add to this conversation the idea of cultural background- girls from Asian cultures are more in danger of this kind of mindset because of Asia’s traditional history of deference to authority and age.

I’d like to see more difference-making, profit-maximizing, society-helping, creative executives out there- and I know that some of those executives are women. We just have to make sure that we are reaching our full potential.