Still more room for women to advance

“In many instances that glass ceiling has been broken but then there are still areas that we need to get in.

We need to get in more of the board rooms, get in more of the decision making process. When I speak with women in other organisations, they tell you of challenges that they have in terms of pay scales.

They have the same kind of responsibility for some reason they don’t enjoy the same perks but we think that with time that can be smoothed out,” she said.

Blackman was speaking with reporters at the opening of Administrative Professionals Week at Cascadia Hotel, St Ann’s on Sunday.

Addressing the small gathering at the event, Blackman said although the future may seem bleak and uncertain, its members were eternal optimists.

“The time has certainly come for us to take a second or even third look at the way we conduct business and operate as a professional organisation in today’s business environment.

The new normal requires an out of the box thought process, a different, more efficient ways of doing things towards achieving desired results.

The new normal now takes the business landscape into a different change, a fundamental change.

Tomorrow’s environment will be different but no less risk is possible for those who are prepared to embrace them,” she said.

Blackman encouraged administrative professionals to join the association as it was important to be a part of an organisation that can help them advance in their careers.

“The very way that we operate within the association, you cannot help but come in, learn, develop and grow.” She also encouraged administrative professionals to attend NAAP meetings every last Saturday of the month at 15 Fitzblackman Drive, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain.