Listen "01 - The Barriers We Face"
Episode Synopsis
Cindy Esliger introduces the impetus behind Stop Sabotaging Your Success by sharing part of her career as an engineer and by addressing the barriers that confront women on their paths to success in engineering and technology sectors. Some of the challenges being faced are external - societal and structural - but some are internal, and Cindy’s goal is to provide insight and support to women in the industry.Cindy Esliger breaks down the three main keys to success as being 1. Performance, 2. External Perception, and 3. Visibility. She then details the “three big buckets”, as she calls them, that the challenges standing between women and those key success factors come in. First are the societal barriers. Second are the organizational or structural barriers. And third are the personal barriers. She speaks from firsthand experience about how each of these buckets of barriers manifests and works differently for women than men in the engineering and technology spaces.As she explains the barriers, she details exactly how they appear and how women often respond to them either by choice or societal conditioning. She asks key questions of every listener along the way, questions designed to address how every listener personally handles the obstacles and to assist in reflection on how women may rise above challenges and microaggressions. Cindy’s professed desire is to create mentors, a support circle for women coming up in the industry, and to foster their ability to realize success for their futures. About Stop Sabotaging Your Success: This is the podcast for ambitious, professional women trying to advance their careers, who are tired of playing small and ready to overcome the invisible barriers that are holding us back at work. If you’re ready to learn how to decide what you want and go after it confidently, then you’re in the right place. You have more power than you realize.Resources discussed in this episode:Guide for Identifying Your Barriers—Contact Cindy Esliger - Career Confidence Coaching: website | instagram | facebook | linkedin | email Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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