Women look­ing to move up in their ca­reers need to re­think how they ap­proach op­por­tu­ni­ties and stop hold­ing back.

That mes­sage came from Si­mone Mar­tin-Sul­gan, Vice Pres­i­dent and Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of Flow Trinidad and To­ba­go, as she ad­dressed close to 700 at­ten­dees at the Amer­i­can Cham­ber of Com­merce of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s 12th Women’s Lead­er­ship Con­fer­ence.

The event, held un­der the theme #Give­To­Gain, fea­tured a pan­el dis­cus­sion on ne­go­ti­a­tion and pow­er dy­nam­ics in the work­place. The ses­sion fo­cused on how cul­tur­al ex­pec­ta­tions and un­con­scious bias con­tin­ue to shape how women are treat­ed on the job and how they can push back.