Sarah Rebecca De Borja

Lady Boss: Women Takin’ Care Of Business ● ● by nicole August 14, 2021 DO IT LIKE A GIRL! (DEBUNKING FEMALE WORKSTYLE STEREOTYPES) Most female company owners who have attended networking events can relate to this scenario: you enter into a busy lecture and can count on one hand the number of women present. It can be unsettling for female entrepreneurs to discuss business with predominantly male executives. In this environment, women may feel compelled to adopt a stereotypically “male” corporate attitude: competitive, aggressive, and occasionally rude. Successful female CEOs, on the other hand, think that staying true to yourself and establishing your own voice are the keys to overcoming preconceived notions. (check: https://hustlehard.world) Lady-Boss-Women-Takin’-Care-Of-Business Despite women taking care of business in a male-dominated society, there are still stigmas and gender biases that are hard to crush. While most CEOs agree that the best candidate for the position should be hired regardless of gender, anecdotes of women who have had more success with a male or gender-neutral name on their CV show that unconscious bias still remains. Lady-Boss-Women-Takin’-Care-Of-Business Women who are in or aspire to be in positions of leadership often believe they are scrutinized more than men. Women are taught from a young age not to be “bossy,” whereas men are encouraged to be ambitious and assertive. Gender bias means that in the workplace, the same behavior and characteristics—initiative, passion, and taking charge—can be read differently in men and women. But as women have gained a foothold in management, it has become evident that they bring a unique perspective and a style of working with and managing people that can achieve similar or better results. It is why we should have hiring policies that discourage and eliminate bias that can help organizations gain the benefits of balance and equality. Businesses prosper when diversity, inclusion, and gender equality become policy and are ingrained in business strategy, rather than political correctness or buzzwords. Lady-Boss-Women-Takin’-Care-Of-Business Assuming that promoting women causes men to be displaced or otherwise harmed is problematic and reductive. Men aren’t the only ones with confidence and boldness when it comes to leadership. Compassion and empathy are not exclusively female leadership attributes. All of these characteristics contribute to great business leaders, and it’s high time to stop categorizing people and allow all of their abilities to complement one another, whether they’re expressed by a man or a woman. We must create space for people to advance in their careers without changing who they are, and we must learn to value them for who they are. Lady-Boss-Women-Takin’-Care-Of-Business We all have a role to play in influencing governments to develop gender-responsive economic and social policies and supporting women entrepreneurs. This will help us all to recover with more powerful, long-term, and inclusive growth! It’s already 2021, so you do you! At the end of the day, we’re all more than what society used to label us and we have proven that for so long now. I say get out there and be lady boss you wanna be!