Leadership. Participants at an Institute of Certified Public Accountants
of Uganda training for women in Accountancy at Imperial Royale Hotel
last week. Photo by Charlotte Ninsiima
“Only 7
per cent of women occupy management jobs. Women begin their careers
confident to reaching top management at 43 per cent but lose it along
the way with a decline in experiences at mid-career to 16 per cent,”
says Jacqueline Kobusingye Opondo, Board Chair of Capital Markets
Authority and Team leader, Community Care at Watoto Ministries.
She said this at the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda training for women in Accountancy at Imperial Royale Hotel last week.
She said this at the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda training for women in Accountancy at Imperial Royale Hotel last week.
Challenges
Kobusingye says women are less likely to take a risk on their career due to cultural norms, negative stereotypes and power paradigms. She says some organisations do not support women, especially in regards to human resource policies that do not favour women such as lack of child-friendly policies (breast-feeding booth) and long working hours.
Home dynamics in terms of multiple roles assigned to a woman. In some homes, conservative husbands see women employed as a threat to their marriage, she adds.
Kobusingye says women are less likely to take a risk on their career due to cultural norms, negative stereotypes and power paradigms. She says some organisations do not support women, especially in regards to human resource policies that do not favour women such as lack of child-friendly policies (breast-feeding booth) and long working hours.
Home dynamics in terms of multiple roles assigned to a woman. In some homes, conservative husbands see women employed as a threat to their marriage, she adds.
Building confidence
Kobusingye says confidence is a belief in our ability to succeed at a given task. A lack of it drives risk aversion and makes people less willing to pursue new challenges. She shares tips that can help career women, and professionals in general, build confidence for professional excellence.
Kobusingye says confidence is a belief in our ability to succeed at a given task. A lack of it drives risk aversion and makes people less willing to pursue new challenges. She shares tips that can help career women, and professionals in general, build confidence for professional excellence.
Assess yourself
Visualise where you want to be. Never hide under well done makeup. There is so much God has placed in you. What one’s mind conceives, it can achieve. Embark on doing things differently. Perceive a positive image about oneself in future because if you don’t see it, you won’t get it.
Visualise where you want to be. Never hide under well done makeup. There is so much God has placed in you. What one’s mind conceives, it can achieve. Embark on doing things differently. Perceive a positive image about oneself in future because if you don’t see it, you won’t get it.
Reflection, self-evaluation
Start with serious reflections. We focus so much on what we can’t do as opposed to what we are capable of doing. It is so much easier to operate on area of strength than weakness. Evaluate how one can leverage their strength to grow an organisation and team. How else to leverage the benefit to others and be recognised as an asset. If you’re going to develop self-confidence, one needs to change their priorities.”
Start with serious reflections. We focus so much on what we can’t do as opposed to what we are capable of doing. It is so much easier to operate on area of strength than weakness. Evaluate how one can leverage their strength to grow an organisation and team. How else to leverage the benefit to others and be recognised as an asset. If you’re going to develop self-confidence, one needs to change their priorities.”
Affirm yourself
Affirm yourself and get rid of self-limiting beliefs. Beliefs such as ‘I can’t speak in public setting, I am not qualified for the role’. We face negativity at a certain point in life. Never focus on the negative.
If one has made mistakes, they should learn from it and move on without looking back. Contribute constructively to decisions by bringing a lot of intelligence to the table. Don’t settle for less; change the narrative around yourself.
Affirm yourself and get rid of self-limiting beliefs. Beliefs such as ‘I can’t speak in public setting, I am not qualified for the role’. We face negativity at a certain point in life. Never focus on the negative.
If one has made mistakes, they should learn from it and move on without looking back. Contribute constructively to decisions by bringing a lot of intelligence to the table. Don’t settle for less; change the narrative around yourself.
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