A growing number of women are walking away from traditional corporate careers and choosing entrepreneurship and independent work.
After years of climbing the corporate ladder, many mid-career women are deciding the next step in their careers isn’t another promotion—it’s ownership.
According to a recent Forbes report, women who once pursued executive titles and leadership roles within large corporations are increasingly leaving traditional workplaces to launch businesses, build consulting practices, and create independent careers that offer greater autonomy and control. The shift comes amid growing dissatisfaction with corporate structures that many women say have failed to deliver the power, influence, and security they were promised.
Channing Martin, a former global chief diversity and social impact officer, told Forbes that her perspective changed after losing her job following a corporate acquisition.
“I had to come to the realization and the acceptance that I wasn’t as powerful as I thought I was,” Martin said. “These corporate systems and structures aren’t designed to do what I want to do.”
For former corporate leaders such as Toni Ronayne, founder of a collective for fractional chief executives, independence offers a sense of security that traditional employment no longer guarantees.
“Fractional leadership provides a certain level of autonomy,” Ronayne told Forbes. “You get to choose who you work with.”
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Source: Black Enterprise
