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• Male bias in the construction industry hasn't gone away, but it is possible to go over and around it to rise to leadership positions, and part of the challenge is to understand what men would impose on women and what women impose on themselves, several female construction veterans said at a New York City conference for women in the industry.
• Gilbane Building Company's Pamela Ward O'Malley told the audience that a study by a noted management consulting firm found that men can get promotions based on the potential that other men think they have while women more often have to demonstrate accomplishments to move up.
• The president and CEO of PARS Environmental, Kiran K. Gill, told the group that it was an important change when she realized she would never emulate men and needed to focus instead on what she offered on her own.

From the article:

"I was raised in a generation of men, and it was all about working hard. Women feel we're not qualified because we haven't done [something] before." ...