Women Working Well Together
Today I spent 30 minutes on a planning phone call with 3 senior women who’ll serve as panelists at a session about negotiation I’m conducting next month. The session is for other women in their company; these folks have been invited to share their experiences.
I was struck by how important it was to these women to talk about things that would be helpful to the audience and how seriously they took their responsibility. I was equally impressed at how supportive they were of one another. As a result, I’m pretty confident that the group we’ll be working with will find the panel discussion helpful.
On a personal note, I find myself looking forward to learning more about these women and their company because too often I don’t get that same sense of collaboration among women who have risen through the ranks in Corporate America. Do you think that is because way too often they were the only women in the room? In any case, when it happens, it’s magic.
TAGS: panels, support, Women at Work
Carol — I’ve experienced that same “magic” you describe that comes from collaborating with other women. We felt it at last year’s WomenLead Conference when you,Kathleen Reardon, Liz Weston, I and others came together for a day of teaching women how to take charge of their lives. It truly was a magical day for us all. The problem in Corporate America is that when women come together to help each other, collaborate, or share ideas they get “labeled” by men or men think the women are doing something subversive. As a result, many women actually avoid joining formal or informal groups of other women because they don’t want to be labeled. It’s a shame because most women truly want to support other women.
Comment by Dr. Lois Frankel — February 1, 2008 @ 2:30 pm