Sadly, regarding women mentoring women, I can recall too many instances in my own professional life that mirrored Kerry Hannon’s experience, as she described it for Forbes yesterday when commenting on a new LinkedIn survey. The survey shows that too many women are not being or have not been mentored by other women. Hannon attributes the problem not only to the fact that too few women hold senior positions, but also to the fact that the behaviour of women executives too often ranges from declining to support other women to outright slapping other women down. Hannon writes: “They were very protective of their much fought for status. Heels high, nails sharp.” What are your past experiences when you’ve tried to enlist other women as mentors?
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