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As a woman, which of the following most impacts your career progression?

Posted: Friday 01 October 2010
Replies : 4
Keywords: career, discrimination, equality, family, mentoring, women, work life balance
Work / family balance
48% (60 votes)
Lack of mentors or female role models
14% (17 votes)
Workplace discrimination
19% (24 votes)
An unequal society
9% (11 votes)
There are no gender-specific barriers to me
10% (13 votes)
Total votes: 125

Woman's Forum

Posted by TopCat on Tuesday 05 October 2010 13:09
Am I being blind? I thought I read in this months magazine that CIMA were launching a woman's forum? I'm not sure about this survey as I think that some of the answers are linked to each other - e.g. there may well be a lack of mentors or female role models because of an unequal society or workplace discrimination.........

Polling views and the CIMA Women's Network

Posted by Deirdre on Tuesday 05 October 2010 13:32

Hi Catherine,

You are right that there is a newly started CIMA Women's Network here on CIMAsphere, which you are most welcome to join! In turn, this is a poll to gather feedback from visitors to CIMAsphere that you can take part in without having to join that group so a broader audience have the opportunity to express their views...

I agree that some of the above options in the poll may be related to each other, but it's interesting to see which one people think impacts most strongly.

Deirdre
(CIMAsphere community manager)

Impact on Women and career progression

Posted by Sarah O'Connell on Wednesday 27 October 2010 23:14

before starting out studying make sure your partner is behind you to support you and take over the housework etc, It is hard enough to battle for career progression at work without having to do the same at home!

How many times does the ironing pile seem far more appealing than studying?

Can I add some context to my vote?

Posted by Isabelle Maddock on Monday 22 November 2010 21:24

I voted for "There are no gender-specific barriers to me".

I do believe there are a number of things which impact my career progression however most of them to a greater or lesser extent will be within my own control. I have, for example, to be prepared to step outside my confort zone and become more visible in the organisation. If I fail to do this, then like many Finance People I will be backed up into a Technical space. Being "backed into a technical space" is a risk to us all regardless of our gender, and  a likely barrier to career progression. The solution is well within my control, I can choose to take opportunities to be out there exploring decisions strategically with management accross all levels of the company.

 The answers presented in the above questionnaire concern issues which are "outside" our immediate control, lets not loose sight of the fact that we can do a lot for ourselves which is well within our control.