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WORK PLACE Fact is discrimination is beyond plausible! You will have all manner of people discounting your capability for a while. Until they realize you can get on with it and then they will reluctantly appreciate your work. By Esther Kiilu, estherkiilu@yahoo.com WOMEN IN THE C-SUITE So in the 21st century where freedom and equality for all is expected to be the norm, how are women fairing in the C-suite? Is the C suite equitable? In terms of representation? Is it a level playing ground? On a personal judgment I think we are not there yet. Let me explain; After reading Shery’lSandberg’s book “Lean In”, I found myself agreeing with her on all issues that women in leadership positions face. And pleasantly surprised to know that this is a worldwide phenomenon!. Too sad to admit that it is true! Truth is that it’s not all neatly laid out for women, competent and ambitious enough to be in the C-suite. Fact is discrimination is beyond plausible! You will have all manner of people discounting your capability for a while. Until they realize you can get on with it and then they will reluctantly appreciate your work. Sadly, because of discrimination, most women haven’t believed in themselves. Matters are even worse if you happen to be young. When you nailed at school, earned good grades, worked your head off, accumulated a wealth of experience and then happen to supervise colleagues older than you. Doesn’t matter how knowledgeable you are! From what I have heard and experienced, this is the bigger challenge. But guess what; no matter how young you are, no matter how old everyone else is, you must take your seat at the table! You must deliver fearlessly until the skeptism melts away! And then guess what? At the other side you emerge stronger. The issue of pay gap is also real. Women in the C- suite are paid far much less than their male counterparts in the exact position. It will not be a surprise to have a woman earn less than the employees she supervises. And don’t get it wrong! It is not her fault. It is not that she does not ask for a better pay! It is a systematic problem; her fault is that she is ‘she: and everything she does has to be discounted! The pay gap sometimes implies that C suite for women has been used to just promote gender gaps for PR, and not genuinely give a competent human being a chance to lead. Good thing is that the imaginable barriers have been broken down. Progress is being made! Years ago it would have been unimaginable to have women sitting in the boardrooms! So the first step was to get there. And oh come, they did come; the Mutoko’s, Shery’s and, Stella Kilonzos of this world, with brains and nailed their jobs well and continue to raise the bar. Next is for every individual woman, to fight the other seemingly less battles to ensure a world of equality, respect & possibility and the c suite! 34 JULY - AUGUST 2016
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