Stepping out with the courage to be seen
Welcome to my new blog, Courage to Be Seen. I’m Sherrie Clark and am the CTO for the Embedded Solutions business unit of General Electric leading a global engineering team, and probably the best part of my job has been the experience I have gotten to help others through coaching and mentoring. Over the years I have had discussions with several women about their experiences of being in the minority of male dominated fields. One very common theme keeps appearing in several of the discussions. Women in trying to maximize their success many times unconsciously limit portions of themselves at work. This results in them not being authentic to themselves which limits their power and happiness, and many times spills over into other parts of their lives. This was true for myself, until one day when I came to the realization this was [...]