womenat work

I was meeting a few girls who are pursuing management and are getting prepared to march into the corporate world, they have ambitions and drive and want to make it big for themselves .The discussion was revolving around the huge expectation from Management graduates specially women .I am frequently asked this “What should we do “, how should we behave”, some specific skills that are required to be successful .I tried to put some pointers to it –                                                                         1.       Self-belief  – The key skill for being successful in any ventu...

A very small incident made me think about how we unknowingly start building a gender bias society from the adolescence ,it not always about changing the mind sets and getting a gender neutral society after women join workforce it goes back a very long way and needs to be addressed when we bring up our next generation . Some days back I took leave from work for my nieces orientation and told her I am going to be with you for the next 2 days of orientation , surprised she asked  “have to told your boss ?’ I said I m the boss …..and her expressions were quizzical ... ”How can you be the boss ? You don’t have a boy boss??? she again asked .I again reiterated that I am the boss to which she innocently said ‘ but you cant scream at your team like a boy ,how can you be the boss ???..... This very small yet very relevant conversation makes me think the very basic of how we bring up our daughters v/s our sons .The way a girl is brought up believing it is all about fairi...