Women In Leadership

Hey Friends of Deva!

I just want to share this with you all. This topic is nothing new, but in recent work experiences, a friend and I were really confused as to why we got along so well with each other - but our supervisors only seemed to get along with the men in the office.

I know that I find it easier sometimes to talk to males. Many of y'all are nonchalant, find humor in a lot of situations, don't deal in drama and are therefore easy to get along with. So to an extent, I can understand. But I think, ladies, if we gave each other a chance, we'd find many likable qualities in each other.

I attended a Women In Leadership Conference last month, and on the panel was an entrepreneur named Christina Lovio-George, who owns a PR firm in Michigan. The moderator asked the panelists to leave the audience with a final thought, and Ms. Lovio-George's words really stood out to me. I can't quote her verbatim, but basically, she mentioned all the hats that women have to wear - we go to work and try to prove ourselves and show that we're as good as any man, then we go home and we have husbands, kids, church, and all kinds of responsibilities and demands pulling on us. As women we should understand how much the next woman has to bear. But for some reason, when it comes to business, women are much harder on each other than we are on men. Ms. Lovio-George pretty much said this saddens her, and she'd like to see us get to a point where we're a little more kind to each other and forgiving in the workplace.

The way she said it was way more poignant - but I had to share it because it really deserves our consideration.

WAIT - I found a video from the conference! I didn't watch it, let me be real, but her (the lady with the big hair) closing remarks would be near the end, fittingly.