Women still aren’t represented
at the C-Suite level.
Monique Valcour shares some reasons why.
“Aware of the importance of
turning in flawless performance,
women take fewer risks than men
and are less likely to promote themselves,
with the result that they appear to lack ambition.
Wary of putting women in situations
where sub-optimal performance
could hurt not only their own career chances
but those of other women,
even well-meaning superiors are less likely
to give them critical developmental assignments.”
In other words,
no one is going to give us
the risky assignments
needed to propel us into the C-Suite.
If you want those assignments,
you’ll have to grow a pair,
take even more risk
and grab opportunities.
The C-Suite is not for the risk-adverse.