Women and Work
The workplace can feel very different for women than for men. Women often feel they have to prove themselves, that they’re evaluated by how they look, or that their opinions are not respected. They feel Mom Guilt for leaving their kids while they pursue a career and worry about taking a job that fuels their passion instead of their pocketbook. We examine these real life challenges of women who are climbing the corporate ladder, growing their own business, and navigating the complex juggle of work and family. We explore how women like you can make work fit your life, not the other way around.
Women and Work
Women And Work: Stephanie Cecil
Stephanie Cecil fought hard to bring paid maternity (and paternity) leave to Frontier Credit Union when she worked there as a human resources director. In today’s episode of “Women and Work,” Stephanie explains the creative approach she took to finally get the top brass to agree despite their reservations about the cost.
This example underscores how it takes all of us to make improvements that benefit women and everyone else in the long run.
While the workplace can feel different for women – who may bristle when they have to prove themselves in ways that men don’t or worry they are being evaluated by their physical appearance – it’s not different in other ways because women, like men, want to be paid well for the work we do, find enjoyment and meaning in our work, and receive respect and acknowledgement for our contributions and achievements.
This episode was recorded when Stephanie Cecil was the human resources director for Frontier Credit Union in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Stephanie is now chief human resources officer at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas.
I hope Stephanie’s story, and all of these conversations, can move us closer to our goals together.
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