{"id":1419,"date":"2017-03-07T21:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T02:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blogs\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2018-01-29T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:16:27","slug":"we-are-bold-together-advancing-talented-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/we-are-bold-together-advancing-talented-people\/","title":{"rendered":"We are bold together, advancing talented people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In recognition of International Women\u2019s Day on March 8, and this year\u2019s theme, #BeBoldForChange, we are featuring stories from our leaders and employees throughout the month of March, describing their own bold moments in relation to workplace equality and honoring diversity and inclusion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On International Women\u2019s Day, I celebrate all of the women at ArchTam and the groundbreaking, exceptional work we are able to accomplish due to the talent they bring. The engineering and construction industry has traditionally been thought of as a \u201cman\u2019s world,\u201d but we see that perception changing every day, and it is inspiring to know so many key positions in our company are filled by women, because they are the best-qualified person for the job.<\/p>\n<p>I also think of my beloved late mother on this day. When my siblings and I were children, we saw how she balanced her dedication to her profession of teaching, which she loved, and to her family, whom she also loved. Watching my mother taught me to appreciate the unique and irreplaceable contributions of anyone who is taking care of their home and family. Being a parent is one of the toughest full-time jobs; in fact, there is no way anyone can do it part time. It requires leadership, smart planning, emotional intelligence and many other skills that keep a family functioning and healthy. I never underestimate how much dedication goes into this job by those who do it, and I salute the many women who are balancing this alongside a full-time professional job.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I&#8217;m grateful to all the talented people \u2013 women and men \u2013 on our ArchTam team across the Asia Pacific region. The fact that women are excelling in key roles across our organization and making significant contributions to our business is because we are all bold in forging women\u2019s advancement. Perhaps it is more accurate and more important to say that we are all bold in forging the advancement of talent \u2013 that we value skills and experience irrespective of gender, and that we do not limit giving women equal consideration due to any gender-related perceptions. This is the measure of true equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recognition of International Women\u2019s Day on March 8, and this year\u2019s theme, #BeBoldForChange, we are featuring stories from our leaders and employees throughout the month of March, describing their own bold moments in relation to workplace equality and honoring diversity and inclusion. On International Women\u2019s Day, I celebrate all of the women at ArchTam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":318,"featured_media":1420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[2024],"yst_prominent_words":[542,537,550,547,1038,548,1040,543,1041,551,545,538,449,544,549,546,553,1039,539,540],"class_list":["post-1419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employee-excellence","tag-inclusion-and-diversity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1419"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archtam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}