💪 As a mixed-blood woman, entrepreneur and mother of 2 daughters, I don’t recognize myself in this namby-pamby marketing.
Don’t get me wrong ! Celebration is a good thing but if we want to achieve gender equality in business, I believe in a more realistic approach.
🚺🔊 What is the reality of women at work here in Japan ? How do we speak up our mind to get that promotion or equal salary ? How to handle dismissive attitudes from male colleagues or to defend ourselves from an abusive female boss ?
🌟 I often tell my daughters that we are the sum of all the little things we do every day. A little step towards more understanding of who we are. Another step when speaking up our mind or confronting other’s people dismissive or aggressive attitudes.
We get the behaviors we tolerate.
🗣️Indeed we get the behaviours we tolerate. This is the sad truth about our work environments and and their impacts on women’s confidence, career, incomes and mental health. Self-realization requires self-knowledge and emotional agility.
Being able to teach others how we want to be treated in a constructive way. It requires safe spaces to practice our moves, regulate our emotions and seeking to embody our values in every interaction.
How do you handle disrespectful manners at work ?