Are You Disempowered at Work 10 Strategies to Gain Rock-Solid Confidence

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Based on her national research study Women Overcoming Crisis: Finding New Meaning in Life and Work and work with hundreds of professional women each year, Caprino is finding that even high-level, high-achieving professional women report battling insecurity and discomfort in using their voices to speak up and say “no” or “yes” when necessary. Many professional women do not serve as their own advocate, nor do they experience being supported or mentored by other colleagues in the workplace.

Professional women also reveal a reluctance to embrace new opportunities that may lead to greater advancement and leadership, particularly if the change in responsibility or focus takes them out of their comfort zone. Clearly, there is a palpable power differential experienced by women in the workplace, and the leadership styles of men and women remain widely divergent, contributing to gaps in understanding, acceptance, and trust. In the end, Caprino’s research participants report experiencing less than a rock-solid sense of empowerment and strength in their work lives.

These gaps that professional women experience in their own empowerment can lead to personal and professional crisis, and a deep desire to transition away from the current professional track and identity to a brand new one. How can women gain in empowerment, and avoid professional crises altogether? Caprino has found the following approaches, suggested by her research participants who have successfully reinvented their lives, work, and professional identities, to be very effective: 1.

Remember, you are a many-faceted individual. Your life is a mosaic. Your current job does not define who you are in this world. Let go of what isn’t working. Over-identification with any role in your life can lead to emotional difficulty and limitation. You are more than your current job or professional identity. If you don’t like who you are at work or what you are focusing on, you need to either find ways to change your style or behavior to your liking, or find new work or workplace that allows you to be and to express who you truly are.

2. Stretch and grow at all times..say “yes” to new opportunities that excite you (even if they make you nervous) Again, you are more than you think you are. You have a wider array of skills, strengths and capabilities than you are aware of at the moment. If you are offered an opportunity that allows you to stretch in a new area, and this area feels exciting to you, then go for it! The expansion you’ll experience will allow new preferences and strengths to emerge.