The Inspiring Women of the Toyota Family: Mari Ward
Hi I’m Mari Ward one of the few Japanese locally employed members to work here at beron I was born in Tokyo grew up in a quite a traditional family my dad was always at the front and center my mom was a housewife a supportive role expected to be ladylike
Deor when I moved to the UK looking for jobs I kind of limited myself and then I ended up looking for more supportive roles I joined CH 11 years ago supporting the MD and this executive adviser because of my linguistic abilities to lies with Japan you know at
The beginning it was interesting and challenging but as my experience grew I felt that it wasn’t really enough there is a compulsory course called emotional intelligence in TM UK in during this emotional intelligence assignment I found myself digging deeper some people felt that I was maybe very assertive very
Pushy that kind of feedback made me a little bit uncomfortable because I was brought up to be a demure ladylike person and then as I have my conversations with my management team I realized it’s okay to be assertive is part of my personality so I started to
Embrace that side of things and I was able to move to my current role principal specialist at BRC accessories and projects I think Toyota is definitely unique in that everyone wants to do better gender culture it shouldn’t be the limit it’s your capability your willingness and constant drive for self improvement
“Gender or culture, it shouldn’t be a limit. It’s about your willingness and constant drive for self-improvement.”
Hear the inspiring story of Mari Ward, Principal Specialist at Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK.
