October 2007 VOL. 2 
Did You Know?
Half of all women in commercial real estate say family needs dictated decisions to temporarily leave the workforce and seven out of 10 women say women's careers are negatively impacted as a result of these family related work leaves, according to a new report conducted by Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network.
The report, CREW Network: Minding the Gap, also found that 74 percent of survey participant also thought management considered differences when viewing women's versus men's request for extended leave or other alternate scheduling. Many respondents suggested that companies should encourage greater work/life balance for both men and women.
Nearly half of the women responding felt that women are not in the top leadership positions because of choices they have had to make with respect to balancing work and family, with half of the participants stating that women deliberately and knowingly choose their family roles over a larger work role.
Moreover, 56 percent also agreed that gender differences in management preferences were definitely an obstacle for women to succeed.