- Oh hi. So what do you do?
- Hi, my name’s Maxine and I’m a coach
- Oh wow, lovely, who’s your target market?
- I work with brilliant women in academia who are ready to take the next step [eyes dart nervously around the room, voice lowers to a whisper] actually I’m on a secret mission to get every woman OUT of academia.
Oooo, possibly controversial stance, especially for someone that often gets hired to help with job finding and promotion prep but hear me out. I work with so many brilliant women and I am sick SICK to the back teeth of how they are treated by their employers and how they feel the need to play small
I mustn’t tweet that slightly left of centre opinion because some mediocre man, who may be the gatekeeper to my ideal job in 15 years time, probably won’t like it.
Seriously, just Fuck. That. Shit.
Not only is it a dis-service to yourself, it’s a disservice to all the people that could be touched by your brilliance and I will no longer stand around and be complicit in you hiding your light.
Although……. If you’re ready to demolish some ivory towers and build something amazing from the wreckage, I am 100 per cent here for that.
