Cindy Esliger directly addresses the myth about the workplace being a meritocracy in this episode. Specifically for women, the key to achieving promotions, raises, and accolades is not simply working harder with longer hours. The workplace is not like school with reward through smarts and effort, and Cindy details exactly what women need to understand to get ahead.Cindy explains how the corporate explanation of being not quite ready for a promotion leads women to work harder, pursue more education, attend more seminars, and follow all the advice offered on how to become more assertive at work - only to not be recognized or promoted the next year. Women will often watch men with fewer qualifications and less outstanding performance get promoted ahead of them and believe they are the problem. But Cindy asserts that women are not the problem, the workplace is.Cindy details how women need to view work as political and enter the game. Women not only need to become more politically savvy, but be more aware of office politics, understand unwritten rules, and use natural abilities to read people to work in alignment with direct reports and managers. She explains how to gain insight into our own behavior and strengths while focusing less on the myth of meritocracy and more on increasing positional power. Her insights offer sound ideas for success in high pressure business environments.Resources discussed in this episode:Guide for The Meritocracy Myth—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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