Women Entrepreneurs Exchange

7 Ways to Smash the Glass Ceiling

Play hardball — but only when necessary
“Just the other day, I was meeting with a vendor along with our general manager, who is male,” says Wendy Klinefelter Tragiai, founder of KEEPRS. “The presenter spoke almost exclusively to him, even though I’m the one who decides whether to carry the product.” Sometimes, it’s best to laugh at mistaken presumptions, although Tragiai has learned to make her voice heard by asking tough questions when it’s important to her. “Luckily, it’s not needed too often.”

Find your own management style
“To be a good manager and leader, you have to dig deep to find your own voice and style,” says Sandy Chilewich, founder HUE and Chilewich. “Imitating what business society presents as ‘winning’ does not work.”

Set boundaries
“Delegate things out,” advises Kim Kleeman of Shakespeare Squared, who sticks to 40- to 50-hour workweeks. “Women tend to be control freaks. You really have to let that go.”…..

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