| Despite Legislation for Equality, the Big
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| | high achiever simply because there are so
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| Picture Hasn't Changed for Women in
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| | few of them.Before you start thinking of
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| Professions or BusinessIn civilised
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| | the difficulties this implies, consider
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| countries around the world, equal pay has
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| | that the "single mentor" pattern is a
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| been enshrined in law for over 40 years.
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| | male pattern which is based on the "cult
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| Yet even today women in professions are
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| | of the individual".Women are
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| being paid roughly 75 cents for every
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| | team-focussed rather than self-focussed
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| dollar men receive, for the same
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| | and this is one of their greatest
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| work!Over a lifetime of work, a woman can
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| | strengths, and one of the reasons their
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| expect to lose about $455,000 due to
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| | contributions have such exponential
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| unequal pay. That's why women have less
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| | leverage.The good news is that by
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| to set aside for their future, and why
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| | peer-mentoring in groups, far more
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| they struggle to build up solid asset
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| | progress is made, more quickly.
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| bases. That's also why women receive
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| | Certainly we've noted that whenever we've
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| smaller superannuation payouts.
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| | provided the environment for such
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| Astoundingly, by the time a woman
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| | mentoring the outcomes in terms of
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| retires, her superannuation pension will
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| | personal and professional development,
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| be only about 50% of the average
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| | and the doors that have so quickly and
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| man's!Why it's Not Just a Women's
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| | freely opened, have been
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| IssueThis inequity in payment rates
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| | outstanding.Working with a mentor or
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| doesn't just disadvantage women--it also
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| | mentors needn't take a lot of time, and
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| disadvantages their children and their
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| | can even be done on-line so that you can
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| partners. When women are not paid what
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| | participate no matter where you are, all
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| they are worth, their whole family
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| | in the convenience of your own time and
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| suffers.And in fact when women are
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| | at your own computer."Business
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| generally undervalued in this way, we end
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| | networking" has been misunderstood and
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| up with a society that both subtly and
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| | undervaluedThis activity has been
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| overtly disadvantages and disables women
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| | identified as the single most effective
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| to the extent that they are simply unable
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| | way of developing careers and businesses.
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| to contribute their rich potential to
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| | 70% of business comes from referrals,
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| their families, companies, social groups,
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| | and the great majority of referrals come
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| and the wider community.In corporations
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| | from other business people whom we've
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| where women are conspicuous by their
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| | spent enough time with for them to refer
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| general absence from boards and positions
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| | intelligently and in bulk!However women,
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| of senior management, those companies
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| | unlike men, wear multiple hats, and are
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| perform some 15% worse than companies
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| | responsible for multiple roles. These
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| that have even just 2 women on their
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| | tremendous impositions on their time mean
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| boards. The proof of women's worth is
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| | that women tend to neglect activities
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| there for all to see, all the way to the
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| | that are for their own direct benefit.
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| bottom line.The economic empowerment of
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| | Networking is either neglected
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| women is a cause we should all be working
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| | altogether, or dropped as a first
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| for because it is the only way women will
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| | casualty of time pressures.And
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| gain the space and the independence to
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| | "networking" can be a real trap. Many
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| widely contribute their expertise for the
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| | networking organisations charge a great
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| benefit of all.Why is This Ridiculous
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| | deal of money for very little support.In
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| Situation Still Happening?The key factors
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| | addition, not many people know how to
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| in women's failure to succeed in
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| | network so it works - you'd be surprised
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| professions or business to the degree
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| | by all the bad advice out there from
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| that men do have now been
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| | so-called experts and even in books! You
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| identified.Often a patriarchal culture is
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| | certainly must get involved in
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| blamed, and it's true that biases and
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| | networking, but you must ensure you're
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| prejudices against women do play a part.
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| | not wasting your time.What You Can Do to
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| These cultural biases can prevent us from
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| | Be More Successful, Much More Easily,
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| noticing even the obvious, for example
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| | Now!The best advice I could possibly give
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| that full-time working women are still
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| | you is to first get hold of a free ebook
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| doing 400% more housework than their male
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| | called "Speed Business Networking - The
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| partners.However of far more importance
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| | Manual - More Leads, More Fun, More
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| and significance are two other factors
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| | Money" (just look under "Articles" on
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| which women can and should take control
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| | who've read that book have frequently
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| of:Women have not sufficiently realised
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| | expressed how relieved they were to hear
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| the importance of mentoring as an aid to
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| | that all their instinctive dislike of old
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| rapid and smooth successHaving an
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| | networking practices were for good
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| experienced mentor has been identified as
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| | reason!Secondly, check out Speed Business
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| the single most significant predictor of
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| | Networking for yourself, and join a group
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| success. However female mentors are not
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| | that is not only committed to women's
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| as obvious as male mentors, and it can be
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| | success, but has the expertise to make it
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| particularly difficult to locate a female
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| | happen!
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