How to Avoid Emotional Collisions with your Male Co-Workers
If you want good work relationships, it will help to understand a few key ways men are wired. After all, you can only work on yourself.
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The Foreign Culture Of A Man’s Mind And How To Navigate It
Have you ever travelled to a foreign country with a very different culture for your work? Were you uneasy? Did you read up on the geography, language, rituals, and nuances so that you would be successful? When I was working as a financial analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, my primary responsibility…
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If You Don't Want Your Colleagues to See You as "Mommy," Stop Airing Your Dirty Laundry
Dear Shaunti, I am back in the workforce after ten years as a stay-at-home mom, and I know my experience juggling kids has prepared me well for my new project manager job. After all, before 7 am each morning alone, I have a husband and three kids to get fed, clothed, and out the door…
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Tell Your Drama to Your Mama (or Your Girlfriends)
Dear Shaunti, I’m always balancing my roles as a mom, wife and businesswoman, but I work almost entirely with men who don’t “get” how much more I have to juggle than they do—especially when there’s a problem at home. I recently had an especially stressful few days where my husband and kids were sick, I…
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2 Ways Flex-Time Moms Can Prevent Resentment from Male Co-Workers
Dear Shaunti, I work full-time, have 3 small children and work a flex schedule. This works really well for my family but my male co-workers get frustrated when they can’t reach me during traditional office hours. I’m getting all my work done but I’m worried they’re not viewing me as an equal colleague because they…
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The Foreign Culture of Men’s Minds
Did you ever have to enter an unknown culture for your work? Did it make you uneasy? Did you prepare? Did you read up on the geography, language, rituals, and nuances so that you would be successful? What does this have to do with opposite genders working together? As noted in my book, For Women…
