Please bear with me because this
week I am re-running an older post dating from 2016. There is a very good reason for this and when
I find out what it is I will tell you…… no truthfully, time ran away with me
because I had to drop everything and head off into The Cotswolds for work
yesterday and did not get back until late.
So please enjoy this re-run of the Glass Ceiling Effect
The term "Glass Ceiling" is often used to
describe a situation that applies to women in the workplace.
It is argued that women progress along their career path until they reach a
specific point and then suddenly they reach a stop and no matter what they do
in an attempt to move higher, they can go no further, it seems that the point where their career
development ceases has been reached.
In 2000 (at the age of 51), Lorraine Heggessey, became the first female
controller of BBC1. At the time of
writing the original version of this article she was the Chief Executive of
TalkbackTHAMES, one of the United
Kingdom Lorraine who lived in West London
with her husband and two teenage daughters is quoted as saying:
"Yes - the glass ceiling does exist. But my advice is this: it's a
transparent construct, so look through it and act as though it's not
there".
Ruth Badger, 30, was the runner-up on the second series of “The Apprentice”.
Helped turn failing companies into successes on Sky One's “Badger Or Bust”, and
at the time of writing the original piece (in 2010) had her own consultancy
firm based in Didsbury, Manchester, where she lives. She said
"No one could put a ceiling above me that I wouldn't smash through.
Successful women don't acknowledge barriers, whether you believe they exist for
other women".
I believe that it is easy to see the Glass Ceiling Effect at work in our own
lives, and I also feel that all too often we put it there ourselves. We repeatedly fail to realise that it is but
a creation of our own making.
For example - How many times have you decided that you want something, you can
see it, you can almost touch it, but no matter how hard you seem to try you
cannot quite reach out and grab it?
Finally after several failed attempts you give up.... The Glass Ceiling has
triumphed and as a result you tell yourself that it is not going to happen,
that you are destined not to have the thing that you seek.
I believe that to think in this way does you no favours, and I feel justified
in saying to any client of mine who presents this situation . ”If you want
something enough it will not matter how many false starts you make or how many
times you hit The Glass Ceiling.
You will need to return to the beginning and look at a different way to
approach the situation.....(a cautionary note here - if you go back to the
beginning and repeat past actions then guess what? You WILL hit the ceiling
again!)”
It is important to recognise that changes happen inevitably - we get older, our
hair turns grey etc., but to really alter things we must make PROGRESS..
Therefore, progress comes from understanding that if doing a certain thing has
not given the expected result then we
must learn from it and move on to the
next attempt and then keep moving until we do get our desired result.
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About Dave
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