<p>Women have been breaking the glass ceiling in every profession in the last few years. Seema Harsha is a good example of this phenomenon. Four-and-a-half years ago, she decided to quit her job in Standard Chartered and started Indiassetz, a real estate advisory and portfolio management firm. “Because I come from banking, a sector which has few women in its leadership team, I didn’t really face any challenges when I transitioned to real estate, another sector with hardly any women in it,” Seema told <em>Metrolife.</em> <br /><br />She has 15 women working in her company and five ‘very enterprising’ women in the leadership team. “Accepting women in real estate has been really amazing,” she said. With a clientele of more than 3000, it was inevitable that she faced a few challenges while the company grew. “Two things - managing money of a company and managing people. If these two are managed well, there’s no looking back,” she explained.<br /><br />Seema has been a mentor for a lot of working women. She emphasised that for a woman to work, she needs to have a support system. “My in-laws are extremely supportive. It gives me comfort that there’s someone for my son when he gets back home,” she said. Seema feels that it’s a shame when women with great education coming from great colleges get stressed out by corporate culture and stop working. She has to put in many hours, it’s a high-stress job and suddenly the kid happens. Women find it difficult to juggle everything and quit.<br />What message does she have for working women or women who want to work, she answered, “In a span of three to five years, women should manage and cross the hurdle, saying, ‘this too shall pass and I don’t want to quit my job’.”</p>
<p>Women have been breaking the glass ceiling in every profession in the last few years. Seema Harsha is a good example of this phenomenon. Four-and-a-half years ago, she decided to quit her job in Standard Chartered and started Indiassetz, a real estate advisory and portfolio management firm. “Because I come from banking, a sector which has few women in its leadership team, I didn’t really face any challenges when I transitioned to real estate, another sector with hardly any women in it,” Seema told <em>Metrolife.</em> <br /><br />She has 15 women working in her company and five ‘very enterprising’ women in the leadership team. “Accepting women in real estate has been really amazing,” she said. With a clientele of more than 3000, it was inevitable that she faced a few challenges while the company grew. “Two things - managing money of a company and managing people. If these two are managed well, there’s no looking back,” she explained.<br /><br />Seema has been a mentor for a lot of working women. She emphasised that for a woman to work, she needs to have a support system. “My in-laws are extremely supportive. It gives me comfort that there’s someone for my son when he gets back home,” she said. Seema feels that it’s a shame when women with great education coming from great colleges get stressed out by corporate culture and stop working. She has to put in many hours, it’s a high-stress job and suddenly the kid happens. Women find it difficult to juggle everything and quit.<br />What message does she have for working women or women who want to work, she answered, “In a span of three to five years, women should manage and cross the hurdle, saying, ‘this too shall pass and I don’t want to quit my job’.”</p>