Fear & faith - a reaction to "what's really holding women back"
One of my team members recently shared this article with me about what is really holding women back in progression. I have been thinking about this topic a lot recently as I've thought of my reaction to the race conversation we have been having and have worked on personal goals around increasing the diversity on my team. The truth is, my team is pretty evenly represented at junior levels but among leaders on the team there are very few women (or minorities, or LGBTQ). So I've thought a lot about the inflection points that we all have in our careers as well as what makes it more likely for women to opt out of "fast track" careers. While I have observed this a lot with a number of SUPER talented women who I have worked for, with and who have worked with me, I thought I would share some of my experiences with this. When I was an analyst, my mentor and boss encouraged me to read Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg - and throughout my career, she has regrounded me to different cha