{"id":41,"date":"2017-08-30T00:12:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T14:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.empoweringambitiouswomen.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2018-04-06T17:50:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T07:50:37","slug":"demand-equality-regardless-of-your-gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empoweringambitiouswomen.com\/demand-equality-regardless-of-your-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand Equality Regardless of Your Gender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.empoweringambitiouswomen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Telstra-Awards-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Telstra Awards Caroline Kennedy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was fortunate enough to be a finalist in the Victorian Telstra Business Women\u2019s awards in 2014. I really enjoyed the journey and loved the fact that I got to meet so many inspirational women who are very successful in business.<\/p>\n<p>What I was surprised by was a number of women who are advocates for the \u201clack of gender equality\u201d in business.<\/p>\n<p>This point was discussed a great deal over the course of the week. Now, I have written articles on this subject of gender equality and in particular, the fact that I find the activism on the subject a little patronising.<\/p>\n<p>I have always believed that women should demand better. We are all fortunate to be living in a country like Australia, and we can choose to be the master of our own destiny, and each and every one of us has the liberty to demand what we are worth in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>During my Telstra business women\u2019s journey, I had the pleasure of engaging with Australia\u2019s best and brightest businesswomen. Some of whom are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kate Weiss, Table of Plenty<\/li>\n<li>Sherri Bruinhout, Melbourne City Mission<\/li>\n<li>Maria Deveson Crabbe, Marie Stopes International Australia<\/li>\n<li>Kate Morris, Adorebeauty.com<\/li>\n<li>Mia Klitsas, Millie &amp; More<\/li>\n<li>Sadhana Smiles, Harcourts Victoria<\/li>\n<li>Natalie Collard, Australian Dairy Farmers Ltd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What I found interesting is that some of these women, like me, operate in industries where at a senior level it\u2019s very male-dominated.<\/p>\n<p>One individual mentioned the fact that she walks into a room and is generally dismissed; however, she is the person everyone should be talking to.<\/p>\n<p>I resonate with that; however, I\u2019ve never really given it much thought before.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always been of the opinion that too many people in our society focus on the lack of equality as opposed to taking actual action to remove those barriers for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve held middle management and senior management roles for over 17 years. I\u2019ve been the CEO of blue-chip companies, and I\u2019m proud of my success. I was humbled to be amongst so many amazing women.<\/p>\n<p>On the night of the awards, I had some of my senior executive team at the event to help me celebrate.\u00a0One of my male\u00a0senior executives had, what I now call an intriguing conversation with a guest of another finalist.<\/p>\n<p>He was a gentleman in his sixties, and he was the father-in-law of one of the category finalists.\u00a0 It was such an achievement for this young lady, and you would have assumed he was very proud of her, hence why he was at the event \u2013 to support her.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>I\u2019ve never really considered myself a feminist, in my mind, I\u2019m a business person getting a job done. In all my years in an industry dominated by senior male executives, I always demanded equality, because I know my worth, regardless of my gender. I\u2019ve taken a seat at the table and owned it.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The conversation that occurred between this gentleman and my male colleague was something out of the dark ages. He asked my colleague \u201cso why are you here\u201d? To which my colleague replied, \u201cI\u2019m here to support my CEO.\u201d The gentleman replied with, \u201cbut aren\u2019t we at a women\u2019s event\u201d? Apparently, the gentleman thought he was a comedian as he found his own comment to be very humorous.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for him, I did not come to be aware of this conversation until the day following the event.<\/p>\n<p>I say to him, before saying something so sexist think about your daughter-in-law and all the women in your family and life, think about what you can do to HELP ensure their success is not undermined by small-minded people like yourself.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never really considered myself a feminist, in my mind, I\u2019m a business person getting a job done. 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