Societal issues confronting women, including strategies for achieving equity and overcoming barriers that hinder their advancement to executive positions, have been and continue to be important topics of discussion.
Every year in August, we celebrate Women’s Month. But, I sometimes think we focus too much on the individual achievements of women, as praiseworthy as they may be, instead of what is holding multitudes of other women back from scaling the same heights, and what is everyone’s responsibility.
As we end celebrating Women’s Month through the theme “Building Resilient Economies for All,” I can relate to this theme. It is one I endorse. Additionally, this year my mantra is “Protect, Defend, Grow.”
Resilience and creativity
As a lifelong serial entrepreneur and as a trained healthcare professional, I have seen firsthand…