The Working Week 6: Patricia Soldati
This week, Wayne is joined by another mainstay of Management-Issues roster of columnists, Patricia Soldati. A former corporate heavy-hitter, Patricia found that her career collided with my changing values and took the brave step of closing the door on corporate life. Now she helps other business professionals gain greater fulfilment from their working lives.
40 seconds - Wayne picks out an article that has caught his interest. So why do IT staff snoop on personal data , he wonders.
1 minute 50 seconds - Wayne has a few thought of his own about a piece by Cam Marston, an expert on generational differences, who has some tips on working with and managing Generation Y.
2 minutes 40 seconds - Wayne welcomes Patricia Soldati, a long-term columnist on Management-Issues.com. The article that has sparked Patricia’s interest is a piece highlighting that age bias is alive and well in the workplace - although it is apparently impossible to prove it.
3 minutes 50 seconds - Patricia’s says that her own clients aged 42-55 experience ageism every day when it comes to finding a new job.
6 minutes - Can we hope for change? Perhaps a braindrain in the marketplace as the Baby Boomer generation retires may change the situation.
Six minutes 33 seconds - Patricia also picks up on a piece of research which highlights that women are being squeezed out of organisational life and excluded from senior levels in the workplace.
Seven minutes - What can women do? Patricia talks about the invisible rules of success which can help women move up the corporate ladder.
Nine minutes 20 seconds - Wayne flags that women are meant to be better at relationships. Patricia concludes that many women and men have succeeded in business as they have focused on the results and doing the job rather than building supportive networks. But they may well be missing a trick when it comes to their long-term career progression.
