From the Inside Flap:
Does this conversation seem familiar?Janet: I felt left out of the planning of this project, Fred.Fred: Now, Janet, let's not make this a personal thing. Frank, Bill and I happened to run into each other, so we got some work done.Janet: But I'm on the planning team. You could have run it by me.Fred: You shouldn't waste your energy on this, Janet. It's nothing. Don't feel bad.Janet: It's happened several times.Fred: Getting a little paranoid, aren't we?Janet: I just want to be kept informed.Fred: Okay, Janet. Okay. It's no big deal.It might be funny if it weren't so real. When Kathleen Kelley Reardon asks the rhetorical question They Don't Get It, Do They?, working women react with recognition and relief. They get it.Every day, every woman who heads for the office faces the reality of the communication gap. It exists whenever a man's comment makes a woman defensive, and whenever a woman unconsciously casts herself in a subordinate role to a male colleague. Many men haven't learned to define women in terms of their achievement, pigeonholing them instead as wife, daughter, mother, secretary. Women have their own set of myths: it pays to be a good, quiet little worker; so don't make waves. Inadequate communication and fear of challenging the status quo hold women back. Kathleen Reardon's mission is to explain what women -- and men -- can do about it.They Don't Get It, Do They? is incisive and practical, based on the experiences of hundreds of working women and filled with telling real-life examples. It is an essential handbook on the different perceptions, objectives, statements and body language that open up the chasm between the sexes at work. Women don't have to become men, but they must learn how to respond to the hidden subtext of professional interactions to advance their careers -- and claim their rightful place in American business.
From the Back Cover:
For women in power, aggressive business tactics are often labeled "pushy" and a hard-driving style is frequently dismissed as "bitchiness." If these degrading terms sound familiar, it's because they are common products of the communication gap between men and women in the workplace.They Don't Get It, Do They? explains how to close that gap. Using dozens of real-life examples, Kathleen Kelley Reardon shows how to identify, understand, and overcome the hidden subtexts of business conversations. By following her savvy, empowering advice, women will be able to advance their careers -- and ultimately claim their rightful place at the top.Kathleen Kelley Reardon is an associate professor of management and organization at the University of Southern California Business School. She lives in Santa Monica, California.
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