NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE:
According to a recent survey of 300 women entrepreneurs, 23% of women entrepreneurs left their secure, well-paying corporate jobs and struck out on their own to escape what they believed to be a toxic culture in the corporate world.
Furthermore, 68% of those women entrepreneurs who left corporate jobs claim they would not return to corporate life even though they make less money as entrepreneurs.
Wendy Kerr explains on the Women Unlimited website that there six elements that occur in corporate environments which create the toxic culture female entrepreneurs long to escape:
- Politics
- Poor leadership
- Opaque decision-making
- Limited communication
- Micromanagement
- Values clash between the individual and the company
Another 21% of the survey respondents indicated that they left the corporate world and started their own businesses in an effort to gain more autonomy and control their own destinies.
Get the details: Toxic culture killing our female workforce via www.women-unlimited.co.uk
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Susan Gunelius
Susan Gunelius is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women on Business. She is a 30-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored a dozen books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing, 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics. She holds an MBA in Management and Strategy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).
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