• Personal ambition and drive 67%
• Going above and beyond at work 58%
• Passion for chosen career 50%
• Assertiveness in the workplace 48%
• Networking within the company 35%
• Family support 33%
• Pursuing an advanced degree 32%
• Sacrificing work life balance 29%
• Luck 28%
• Carefully planning career/next steps 23%

Top 10 Barriers to Achievement:

• Need to devote energy to children & family 21%
• Gender 26% (18% women & 4% men)
• Unwillingness to sacrifice work life balance 18%
• Economic downturn (downsizing) 20%
• Unwillingness to relocate 15%
• Lack of support by mentors 14%
• Bad Luck 14%
• Office politics 13%
• Failure to pursue advanced degree 13%
• Lack of careful career planning 11%

Ineffective Stress Management leads to Burnout

20% of Canadian executives site frustration or burnout as a reason for making changes to their work life situation while the challenge of balancing work and home life is still primarily the responsibility of women.

A study conducted with 100 employers and 31,571 employees from the private, public and not for profit sectors for Health Canada suggests that employees with heavier demands at work and outside of work are the most likely to burnout.

Women leaders in managerial and professional positions were identified as being at highest risk (37% versus 33% of women in other positions). Emotionally demanding situations at work and outside of work constitute daily stress factors and contribute to creating a chronic high-stress state are regarded as central factors in producing burnout.

Overcoming Challenges

Women leaders around the world still face subtle and pervasive inequities over their male counterparts.

Women leaders have:

• Lower expectations of how far they will advance in their careers
• Slower pace of advancement
• Greater pressure to balance the needs of their families, children and colleagues
• Higher dissatisfaction with both work life balance and personal income

We shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt, American diplomat and author.

Make Your Life Easier

Kaizen leadership coaching and life coaching programs, workshops, systems and tools are designed to help women develop their coping skills, challenge barriers and limitations to achieve success, on their terms.

Whether you are:

• experiencing challenges with a leadership transition
• are a new hire in management
• struggling with stress management and work life balance

KAIZEN leadership executive coaching helps women leaders develop their emotional intelligence, good leadership skills and make the choices they need to live passionate lives and have the impact they want to have in their world. Learn more

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Based in Toronto, Canada, KAIZEN Lifestyle Management works with executives, project managers, entrepreneurs, independent professionals, business owners, artists and other creative individuals who are compelled to contribute toward developing a more sustainable world without forsaking themselves in the process.

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