sharing the journey of breaking the glass ceiling to success
by Tonieann Harvey
York College SEEK program and the office of Student Activities held a seminar titled The Journey of LeadHERship, Breaking the glass ceiling, which spoke about the women breaking the invisible barriers that stand between them and their career goals in society. One interesting topic when one of the panelist spoke about how when she started to speak up about to those put in charge of her and stop trying to over work her self and got the recognition she deserved working smarter not harder.
"Don't please the people around you" women are stepping outside of tradition and making their own standards for their limits in society.
York College SEEK program and the office of Student Activities held a seminar titled The Journey of LeadHERship, Breaking the glass ceiling, which spoke about the women breaking the invisible barriers that stand between them and their career goals in society. One interesting topic when one of the panelist spoke about how when she started to speak up about to those put in charge of her and stop trying to over work her self and got the recognition she deserved working smarter not harder. 
The seminar panel varied from women in engineering to York College’s very own professors. Seated from the left was Okema T. Moore Actress,Producer,Filmmaker, Tammie Williams Community Practitioner, Former Nassau County Political Candidate, Patricia Obamije Engineer, Latasha Y. Summers Senior Level Flight Attendant, JetBlue, Ebonie Jackson Educator,Entrepreneur,Business Entertainment and Dr. Donna Chirico Educator and Dean for the School of Arts and Sciences at York College,CUNY.
photo by Tonieann Harvey
No matter what your career or your space is when you feel like you are the person that people turned to where the labor versus the leader comes into play remember that as a leader you are still a laborer. Leadership is akin to servanthood. “It has been a trial of wanting to be on the side of making good content so that I can continue to hire above the line and below the line people that look like me “ Okema T. Moore said when talking about her journey to where she is now.
In the journey to leadership you have to learn to be a servant and how to be one without needing a cookie or accolades, without needing anyone to tell you that you're a good servant. Because when you are the people that serve with and for you will see that if you as the leader that will come work in their favor, they will do anything you need, they will be willing to do it. so, if in leadership be mindful to those that you lead, they are not there for you are there for them and then they will be there for you.
They also highlighted how Once you are in the place that you're supposed to be all the doors start to open. leadership is about finding yourself finding who you are and where you belong and once you do that Good things can happen, but it is until you do that you have to get out of your own way. “It okay to not be okay while you’re figuring it out” Ebonie Jackson said while describing her journey into finding herself and her place.
The most important thing that you must do is have the strength to walk through the door because if you don't do that the rest of the journey will not take place. You have to be strong because it's not comfortable doing that. It’s after you take that step that you realize how good you are, how alike you are to the other people that are on top. You must be aware that people are giving you opportunities, people who see something in you that you may not see in yourself You should believe them. Worst thing that could happen is that you will fail but it's no big deal. But it's after those failures that you will find the path that is best for you.
“Don’t please the people around you it should be about what are your passions an what do you want and don't do anything that is not who you are.” Dr. Donna Chirico said as she gives her insight into how she found her passion along her journey.
The glass ceiling is seeing what you want already to want to be but not being able to get to it .
Sometimes there are adversities that are barriers by design; being a woman in any field just to have a seat at the table you don't have to be loud in the room, but your presence is enough it will be felt. “You come from a great line of people who had to fight who had to stand up or literally their lives so that women can have this opportunity to be educated in institutions” Tammie Williams said when addressing how she managed to get to this point in her life. There are no excuses why we can’t shatter the glass ceiling .
"The glass ceiling is so deceptive"Patricia Obamije said because you can see the stuff that you want you can see other people being successful and makes you wonder why you aren't having the same results, given that you put in the work, But the trick is to work smarter not harder. Sometimes the other people on the other end up of the glass ceiling has a one up and in order to get to the point that they are you must match there one up. the glass ceiling exists but if you want to break it or shatter it there's things that you have to do whether it is individually or systematically.
Sometimes the way to shatter the glass ceiling is to begin to put stock into things that were created for you. Deposit into the systems that were created for you. So when you pour into the system that is made for you, when the others see that you are doing what you need to do in your system the other systems well start to take notice. Don't let them to deny you showed them why you need to be there. There are people that stop you from breaking the glass ceiling the reality is we now occupy fields that were once dominated by men we make an assumption that the people that's trying to stop us are men but very often the people that are trying to undermine you are women Rather than us trying to work through the system, we must help change the system that stops each other from making it through those same systems.
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Journey to LeadHERship
No matter what your career or your space is when you feel like you are the person that people turned to where the labor versus the leader comes into play remember that as a leader you are still a laborer. Leadership is akin to servanthood. “It has been a trial of wanting to be on the side of making good content so that I can continue to hire above the line and below the line people that look like me “ Okema T. Moore said when talking about her journey to where she is now.
In the journey to leadership you have to learn to be a servant and how to be one without needing a cookie or accolades, without needing anyone to tell you that you're a good servant. Because when you are the people that serve with and for you will see that if you as the leader that will come work in their favor, they will do anything you need, they will be willing to do it. so, if in leadership be mindful to those that you lead, they are not there for you are there for them and then they will be there for you.
They also highlighted how Once you are in the place that you're supposed to be all the doors start to open. leadership is about finding yourself finding who you are and where you belong and once you do that Good things can happen, but it is until you do that you have to get out of your own way. “It okay to not be okay while you’re figuring it out” Ebonie Jackson said while describing her journey into finding herself and her place.
The most important thing that you must do is have the strength to walk through the door because if you don't do that the rest of the journey will not take place. You have to be strong because it's not comfortable doing that. It’s after you take that step that you realize how good you are, how alike you are to the other people that are on top. You must be aware that people are giving you opportunities, people who see something in you that you may not see in yourself You should believe them. Worst thing that could happen is that you will fail but it's no big deal. But it's after those failures that you will find the path that is best for you.
“Don’t please the people around you it should be about what are your passions an what do you want and don't do anything that is not who you are.” Dr. Donna Chirico said as she gives her insight into how she found her passion along her journey.
Breaking the glass ceiling
The glass ceiling is seeing what you want already to want to be but not being able to get to it .Sometimes there are adversities that are barriers by design; being a woman in any field just to have a seat at the table you don't have to be loud in the room, but your presence is enough it will be felt. “You come from a great line of people who had to fight who had to stand up or literally their lives so that women can have this opportunity to be educated in institutions” Tammie Williams said when addressing how she managed to get to this point in her life. There are no excuses why we can’t shatter the glass ceiling .
"The glass ceiling is so deceptive"Patricia Obamije said because you can see the stuff that you want you can see other people being successful and makes you wonder why you aren't having the same results, given that you put in the work, But the trick is to work smarter not harder. Sometimes the other people on the other end up of the glass ceiling has a one up and in order to get to the point that they are you must match there one up. the glass ceiling exists but if you want to break it or shatter it there's things that you have to do whether it is individually or systematically.
Sometimes the way to shatter the glass ceiling is to begin to put stock into things that were created for you. Deposit into the systems that were created for you. So when you pour into the system that is made for you, when the others see that you are doing what you need to do in your system the other systems well start to take notice. Don't let them to deny you showed them why you need to be there. There are people that stop you from breaking the glass ceiling the reality is we now occupy fields that were once dominated by men we make an assumption that the people that's trying to stop us are men but very often the people that are trying to undermine you are women Rather than us trying to work through the system, we must help change the system that stops each other from making it through those same systems.
Breaking Parental Barriers
In a one-on-one session with Okema T. Moore she gave her advice on follow your dreams despite parental barriers.Pictured
Okema T. Moore Actress,Producer,Filmmaker, who has made her mark on the film production scene while still trying to venture into the acting world.
Photo by Tonieann Harvey
“Know your appetite, know what you want, look for internship."Moore said when asked about advice on majoring in her field. She also said you have to focus on the demand of the industry even though your parents may not want you to do that specific field because they fear the downfalls of it you have do what’s going to benefit you. you have “You have to give them room to grow.” Moore said. Your parents are also learning, and this might be new for them but be truthful to them. All they want is for you to be happy, but they don’t always know how to navigate that into your world. In this business your friends and family want to support you but they don’t know how cause they don’t understand the business and you really have to be patient and meet them where they are but if the support system flunks just know you’ll be fine once you put the work in.
At the end of the seminar the attendees raved with remarks on how this journey to leadHERship talk has been beneficial and also how they are able to relate to the topics discussed. Tamika Burch, 24, recent college graduate who was also mentored by one of the panelist said "I'm always motivated by people who have been through it and still going through it." the thought of having someone who was in your shoes tell you it's possible is motivating. she also said "This is the information college students need to get through college." You are able to break through your glass ceiling with the right guidance. Shanae Harte, 19, Journalism major says "these are actual tips that I need to help me get through college" as she raved about how the speakers
In a Forbes article it focuses on issues that are preventing many women from achieving their goal of becoming a leader at their company and diminishing their ability to get ahead in business.
Breaking your own glass ceiling
At the end of the seminar the attendees raved with remarks on how this journey to leadHERship talk has been beneficial and also how they are able to relate to the topics discussed. Tamika Burch, 24, recent college graduate who was also mentored by one of the panelist said "I'm always motivated by people who have been through it and still going through it." the thought of having someone who was in your shoes tell you it's possible is motivating. she also said "This is the information college students need to get through college." You are able to break through your glass ceiling with the right guidance. Shanae Harte, 19, Journalism major says "these are actual tips that I need to help me get through college" as she raved about how the speakers
In a Forbes article it focuses on issues that are preventing many women from achieving their goal of becoming a leader at their company and diminishing their ability to get ahead in business.
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