According to a recent survey from the Institute of Health and Human Potential’s Women under Pressure initiative, only 32% of women feel their organization has the same amount of confidence in them as they do in their male counterparts.   This confirms the “confidence gap” exists – and women often feel less capable, prepared and willing to take risks than their male colleagues.

When women don’t feel their organization has confidence in them, there’s a serious business impact as women may:

the ceo magazine, gender balanced leadership,
Melissa Greenwell, Author, Money On The Table

During most of my nearly thirty years in corporate America, working with public and private companies of all sizes and industries, I’ve held a senior leadership role – had a “seat at the table,” surrounded almost exclusively by men.  This is not surprising.  Only twenty-three Fortune 500 companies are led by women, only nineteen percent of public board seats are held by women, and only fifteen percent of senior leadership roles are held by women.  We’re barely moving the needle; we need to actively build and keep our pipeline of female talent. 

the ceo magazine, women in business,
James Hamerstone & Lindsay Musser Hough

Forget the glass ceiling. The fact is: women communicate differently than men and, too often, to their own detriment. They tend to speak up less, apologize more, downplay their achievements and use less-powerful body language – all of which impact their career success.

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