Talk – The Inescapable Competency Trap
Corporate Talk
The Inescapable Competency Trap
Most of us think that the best way to get promoted is to be really, really good at our jobs. Be really great, your company will see it and a wildly successful career will soon follow, right? Not quite.
In order to cope with the many well-documented biases that women and minorities face in trying to get promoted at work, many women write themselves a logical prescription: bulletproof competency. Unfortunately, the side effects of this wonder drug can sometimes be worse than the benefits.
This talk will focus on the competency trap that lots of accomplished, intelligent women fall into while
trying to build their careers. We’ll cover:
- The unspoken danger of being fantastic at your job
- How men and women do competency differently at work
- The fine art of Strategic Incompetence
- How to build your career without being hyper-competent
The goal of this talk is to give you the tools to do great work and get promoted (while keeping your
integrity!).
About Holly
Holly is speaker, facilitator, consultant, and coach with expertise in leadership, career development, feminist theory, and the unique mix of issues that make it challenging for women to succeed in STEM fields.
Holly spent the first ten years of her career as a mining engineer in an industry that is only 17% female. She now coaches ambitious women that want to advance their careers and works with companies to develop programs to retain female talent.
Holly speaks regularly at organizations including EA Games, PayPal, HSBC, MDA Systems, DevOps Days Vancouver, Women in Mining BC, Disrupt HR, The BC Women in Energy Network, UBC Masters of Public Policy & Global Affairs, The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST), The Women in Leadership Foundation, and her own Women in Male-Dominated Industries.
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