Women, silence is not a virtue in the workplace!
I am looking forward to hearing the fantastic VOICES and thoughts of the great minds coming together at the Women in Technology Summit this weekend. As a lead in to my keynote speech on June 1, I wrote this most recent article for Washington Post to get the dialogue started.
Throughout my career, I’ve found myself presenting in meetings where I am one of only two women. At some point in those meetings, when I get the opportunity, I ask my colleagues, “Would you please point out something that’s really wrong in this room?”
It doesn’t take long before someone says “Ha! There are no other women.” I ask, “How many of you have daughters?” Many of them raise their hands. And then I say “How many of you want your daughters to grow up and be in rooms like this with no other women?” All the hands go down.
I am sure many of you have had similar experiences.