Women and the Glass Ceiling

Suzanne Mercier - Sunday, July 19, 2009

     Following from the first blog, I started thinking about women, fear of success and the Glass Ceiling.  For years, it has been suggested that the glass ceiling is something a chauvinistic  corporate world has put upon women. 

     That may well be true.  And I wonder whether fear of success and what we'll have to pay for it are a large part of the equation?  What if getting involved in the politics, posturing and game playing that occur within most organisations is too high a price for many women to pay?  What if we just don’t want to deal with that BS?    What if we just want to get on with the job without all the extraneous stuff? 

     I certainly recall from my own corporate career that I just wanted all the silly politics to go away so I could do a great job.  I didn’t want to have to 2nd guess what someone was saying to me, or to look for hidden motives and try to interpret them, together with their possible impact on me and my job.

     I walked away from my high flying corporate career in advertising so I could do it on my terms.  Have any of you had a similar experience?  What do you think about the glass ceiling?  I’d love to hear from you.

Thanks.
Suzanne