In your subtitle, “Getting to the Root Cause…” You say that women can’t fix the initial problem because the root lies in the hands of employers. Respectfully, I disagree. It’s only part of the equation. If we’re to truly empower women and help them find their resilience and their voices in equal measure, we have to teach them to USE their voices. It’s our responsibility first. We are the ones who sought the job, and until we begin to look at the trajectory of our careers as the sum total of our willingness to live by what we value and make often difficult choices, we will sit on the sidelines waiting for our employers (and ourselves) to wake up.

I work in this field, and day after day I see my job as one of waking women up to their personal and professional leadership. If they want flexwork, I say, “Pitch it, create and drive it.” Stop moaning that nobody’s paying attention.

2 cents…