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Interview with Charles. A Male Perspective

I asked Charles to describe his impression of the difference between the experience of a male and a female in the corporate world. He said: “I’m not quick to distinguish by gender, but my experience is that a male tends to be more uni-dimensional in their approach to a problem whereas a female executive is more likely to consider tangential concerns which are relevant to the decision.  Women tend to have a broader focus taking into account factors like the emotional issues related to a decision and how it may affect other people and relationships and whether there are other business considerations.”   In terms of whether he thinks women face obstacles, difficulties and roadblocks in the corporate world which are different ...

How to deal with the old boys’ club Bay Street work environment?

“In a typical “old [white] boys’ club” Bay St. work environment, what advice do you have for young, visible-minority women who want to be upwardly-mobile but who are always excluded from informally socializing with these men?   If I read this question correctly, I believe it is all young women, not just visible-minority women, who would be excluded from informally socializing with this group. In my experience, those young women who get noticed by the "old boys’ club boys" are the "outliers" - the young woman that pulls an all-nighter at the office to complete that special project against all odds. The young woman who has to be called in by her boss because "she is working too hard". Those young women build a brand within the ...