Self Assessment for Women's Day Retreat for Mahle Behr

The purpose of this self- assessment is to understand which internal barriers are defeating women to fly high in their career. We request you to complete this assessment honestly. This is an anonymous assessment, so please DON'T mention your name or designation in the assessment.

1. If a woman divides her time between work and family, she is almost always harried and guilt ridden. How do you relate with this statement?

2. What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

3. On a scale of 1 to 5, how assertive are you at the workpalce? 1 means not confident and 5 means full confident

4. What fears do you face as a women at the workplace from the following? You can choose multiple answers

5. Have you been repeatedly told/ heard/ felt that women cannot be committed to both their families and careers?

6. Do you face any internal conflicts in being a good employee and a responsible parent?

7. Do you feel comfortable taking risks at the workplace?

8. Do you feel comfortable in talking about your achievements at workplace?

9. “It’s wrong to be outspoken, aggressive and more powerful than men”? Has anybody told you or have heard this statement, directly or indirectly?

10. Do you lower your expectations of what we can achieve or underestimate yourself?

11. Apart from being a full time career woman, you continue to do the majority of the housework/ child care?

12. Do you often compromise our career goals to make room for partners and children?

13. Compared to our male colleagues, fewer women aspire to senior positions.

14. Are you plagued with self-doubt?

15. Women have to prove themselves to a far greater extent than men do

16. Today at whatever designation or stage of career you are, you are successful because of…(you can choose multiple answers for this question)