2San, a leading global supplier of trusted, high-quality innovative healthcare products and solutions is determined to support and enable female colleagues globally within the healthcare and diagnostics industry.
Tips for Women Entering Healthcare & Life Sciences:
Women in the workplace still face a range of challenges. Although there are many women working on the frontline in healthcare, there are still few women in senior management across the industry.
- Speak up for others: When you witness a female colleague spoken over, ignored or interrupted in a meeting, take a moment at the end of the meeting or in a natural break to say “hold on a minute, Jane was about to say something back then – I’d love to hear her thoughts.”
- Lean in: Drawing on Sheryl Sandberg’s advice, try to step forward, volunteer for new projects and take on new challenges even when you worry it’s going to be too much. You’ll figure it out.
- Find a mentor and support others: It’s important to have trusted female leaders you look up to, and can bounce ideas off, particularly as life gets more complicated with children in the mix. Build a support network simply through finding other women you like and respect and meet up with them to talk about your career goals and theirs – it doesn’t have to be formal.
- Invest in your strengths: Some of the best leaders (male and female) I have known have led with decidedly female leadership styles: participatory, democratic, supportive, and more likely to elevate others. Double down on these qualities, don’t try to emulate male leadership styles.