Why Smart Women Still Do Not Achieve Their Biggest Goals!
The problem is rarely a lack of ambition or ability. More often, it comes down to a leadership skill we rarely discuss: accountability.
Over the past 25 years through the Network, I have seen a recurring pattern. Whether a woman is building a business, leading a team, returning to education or preparing for the next stage of her career, most already know what they need to do. They have attended workshops, downloaded guides, listened to podcasts and invested in their development.
Yet months later, many admit their most important goals remain untouched.
The common assumption is that motivation is the problem. However, research suggests otherwise. Dr Gail Matthews found that people who write down their goals, share them with others and provide regular progress updates are significantly more likely to achieve them than those who keep their ambitions to themselves.
My Response,
We need a BBC Coverage to bring this to the forefront of the public.
We need women of colour to come forward and together we hold ministers accountable- we should be able to speak out without victimisation. Victimisation of women of colour is no different from a gangster that harm others in the world.
We need the Human Right Commissioner to act to protect BAME women with a system that works. We need the Commissioner to meet with Black Women and hear their experiences across the country before changing the law.
Until we take the bull by the horn, nothing will change. Mandela had to be imprison for 27 years to free blacks. The same for Martin Luther King. We need laws that work not laws that organisations have mastered the art of building policies to cover up and systems that are tick box exercises to cover up systemic racism.