Time to Toot Your Own Horn: Gaining Visibility and Advancing Your Career

Time to Toot Your Own Horn: Gaining Visibility and Advancing Your Career

As a shy introvert, my curiosity was piqued when I read this article posted on www.theglasshammer.com.

Women in particular are enculturated to show deference, become caretakers, be team players and more. On the dollar, we still make only 76 cents to every man. No wonder that career self-promotion does not come so easily to women.

I've known and seen three categories of women in the workplace: those who self-promote with grace and humility, those who brag, name-drop and flaunt their "peacock feathers," and those who don't know where to start. Perhaps this article will help.

Fears of Mediation in the Workplace

Yesterday, I read an interesting post on mediate.com by Clive Lewis, MBA, a mediator and past HR director in the UK. He discussed four reasons why CEOs and workforce decision-makers are afraid to try mediation.

1. It's easier to ignore the conflict than address it. 2. If I admit to conflict, I admit to failure as a manger/director, etc. 3. It's easier for corporate to throw money at someone to make the problem go away. 4. Poor understanding of how conflict negatively impacts profit margins.

Whether in the UK or in the USA, these irrational fears exist. Until coporate realizes the time and cost savings of mediation, and the millions of dollars wasted in sick pay, poor performance, unhappy workers, slower production and more, we will continue to advance the theory, "If I ignore it, it will go away."