My blog articles fall into 4 major Categories.
These 4 Categories address the biggest challenges women face in realizing their value and equality in the workplace.
Learn more about these topics to start your journey towards a successful and fulfilling career.
Empowered Attitude
Too many women still buy into the old narratives of oppression. They accept that women can’t succeed in the workplace because men won’t let us. Even worse, they believe women need men to change our condition because we can’t.
This is a defeatist attitude. It denies our female strength and empowerment.
When I began this website I didn’t realize how big of a problem our attitude still is. I thought we got past it. I thought there were enough women like me who proved that these narratives are bogus.
But, as it turns out, I was the one who was wrong. These old narratives are still taught to young women. And they still hold women back.
The biggest obstacle women must overcome is still, by far, our own attitude about ourselves. That is why the articles in this category are so critical.
It is up to women to change our attitude about our femininity and its strength, power, value and equality. When we do that, then we will achieve an empowered attitude and live up to our potential.
Techniques for Women
This is fundamentally wrong.
The truth is that all workplaces need our female traits. That is the only way they can achieve Purple Zone performance. But, no one teaches us that. As a result, women don’t know which female traits to assert or how to assert them.
In this category, I change that. I give women the techniques we need for a successful and fulfilling career. And, by the way, I know they work because I used them.
These practices help both women and our workplaces. First, we make a tangible difference in our workplace’s performance. Secondly, we feel valuable and appreciated. Finally and most importantly, we get the recognition and rewards we deserve.
When we use techniques, we are proud to be women in the workplace. This is how we change the woman in the room, into the women in the room.
Male Dominated Workplace
Without this understanding, women make mistakes that hurt our careers. We also create barriers that don’t exist. But, most importantly, we give men power over us they don’t really have.
For too long, women worked off of myths and false narratives. We compared the male dominated workplace to the animal kingdom and believed it was ruled by survival of the fittest. But the truth is, men work in the Blue Zone and use traits most women never hear about.
As the woman in the room I experienced the pure male dominated workplace. It was like being a fly on the wall. Therefore, I witnessed first hand, how men interact with each other, what they say to each other and how they work together. What I witnessed was far different from the stories other women, who never worked with men, tell.
That is why in I use this category to explain how the Blue Zone workplace really works. When we understand this, then our male colleagues more likable and less intimidating. We see them simply as men who need us as their workplace partners.
Harassment and Discrimination
All too often people tell us that we are powerless victims and have little recourse. But, this isn’t true.
The truth is that women have a powerful and resilient inner strength. When we tap into this, we are a force to be reckoned with. We stand up for ourselves and get the justice we deserve.
I know a lot about bullying, harassment and discrimination. Working in construction, I encountered a lot of it. But, I also learned a lot from these experiences.
I learned the warning signs and what situations to avoid. I also learned how to flip bad situations into power statements. But, most importantly I learned how to stand up for myself and be taken seriously.
In this category of articles I share the lessons I learned. I know they work because as I look back over my career I don’t see a victim. I see a strong woman who didn’t let my gender hold me back.