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Posted by Cait Clarke in Executive Women Negotiating, Job Inequality, Job Satisfaction on March 15th, 2012 | No Comments

It’s A Labyrinth Not a Glass Ceiling, You Can Negotiate!

Turns out that the barrier to women advancing isn’t a glass ceiling after all but, rather, a labyrinth (whether or not it’s still invisible remains to be seen).  That’s the word from Wellesley College gender discrimination expert Linda Carli. The difference is more than just semantics.  And it bodes well for women negotiators who know [...]

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Posted by admin in Executive Women Negotiating, Job Bargaining, Job Satisfaction, Reluctance to Negotiate, Women Entrepreneurs, Women in Leadership, Women Professionals on August 16th, 2011 | No Comments

Re-frame the Game

If one can reframe the negotiating paradigm from “I win/you lose” (which is the standard ‘male-centric’ model) to something we call a “collaborative conversation” (in which the parties collectively problem solve to expand the “pie” over which everyone is attempting to claim their piece), women are both experienced and adept at the process.  They are [...]

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Posted by admin in Executive Women Negotiating, Job Satisfaction, Women in Leadership on May 19th, 2011 | No Comments

NEGOTIATE TO GET FACE TIME WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE

Career coaches teach that ‘what you do’ depends on ‘who you know’. And ‘who you know’ depends on ‘what you do’. Back-and-forth. How do you meet the right people? Negotiate!

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Posted by Neil Shister in Job Bargaining, Job Inequality, Job Satisfaction on October 21st, 2010 | No Comments

PLAYING HARD-BALL WITH THE OFFICE BULLY!

Bullies have no remorse or empathy. They’re sociopaths. What to do? Get an office Anti-Bullying Policy. How to negotiate to get it implemented.

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Posted by Neil Shister in Job Inequality, Job Satisfaction, Male vs. Female on September 28th, 2010 | No Comments

‘Working Mothers Just Aren’t Tough Enough to Manage’

Yet again the gender gap rears its ugly face. This time it’s the Feds weighing in via the Government Accountability Office. The GAO, in Congressional testimony, reported that women make up just 40 percent of this country’s managerial ranks (in 10 years, since 2000, that number has risen by 1 … yes, 1 !!! percent).  [...]

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Posted by Cait Clarke in Job Satisfaction, Women Professionals on July 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Even Lady Lawyers Get the Blues

Female partners at high powered law firms suffer from gender discrimination according to a recently released study, “New Millenium, Same Glass Ceiling”.  At the highest level of elite firms, women are paid on average $66,000 less than male counterparts. Why?  The usual explanations that family responsibilities make women less ambitious, more distracted and less productive [...]

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