FINDING YOUR FEM AL E T RIBE
FIN DING YOUR FE MALE
Tribe
BY R H I A N N O N BO LE N
The "Power of the Pack"! Isn't that what they say? "Find your Tribe" or "Engage Each Other". These quotes refer to a communal approach to navigating through whatever is happening in your life. They speak to the importance of working collaboratively and supporting each other as a team. 30
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This is all very important for everyone in the business world to know how to do. But what specific benefits can be derived when women proactively place emphasis on supporting one another? In a recent Harvard Business Review article, research results indicated the importance of "centrality" for both women and men that is correlated to being successful, BUT that women often maintained a closer knit inner circle of female contacts of one to three people. The research further indicated that women in the top quartile of centrality that had a female dominated inner circle were 2.5 times higher in authority and pay than those that lacked this type of inner circle. It is understood that women face cultural and systemic hurdles that our male counterparts do not. This is not debatable - BUT it is also known that, as women continue to find their voice, they are doing it because they are building a network that faces similar challenges and utilizing their network for
