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Being Nice May Stagnate Woman's Career
Internet Broadcast System ^ | 12/15/05 | Staff

Posted on 12/15/2005 2:07:04 PM PST by Millee

The corporate ladder can be a rough and risky climb and, according to one expert, women will not get the corner office if they work too hard, pay too much attention to detail or if they need to be liked.

The book "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office," written by career coach Dr. Lois Frankel, explains why some women soar and others stagnate.

Here are her so-called "fatal flaws":

* A nose to the grindstone doesn't usually spell success.

* Decorating your office like your living room can emphasize your femininity and diminish credibility.

* Tilting your head in the workplace can be interpreted as uncertain and less assertive.

* Avoiding office politics. If you're not involved, you're not in the game.

* Asking permission. Men don't ask for permission, but for forgiveness.

* Being the last to speak. The longer you wait, the more likely it is that someone else will say what you're thinking and get credit for it.

Elysia Ragusa, who climbed her way to being president and chief operating officer of the Staubach Co. agrees with the advice in the book.

"It's not being Miss Congeniality. It's being credible, being professional, being a human being," Ragusa said.

Frankel also recommends being real and cutting girlish behavior.


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KEYWORDS: bitches; bookreview; women; workplace
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To: Millee
Too much tilt...

Try this...

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21 posted on 12/15/2005 2:48:27 PM PST by Dashing Dasher ((It was) Like being shot through a pinball machine with a piano on your chest!)
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To: Millee

Who else should we think about BUT Rosie? Lol...


22 posted on 12/15/2005 2:50:01 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Millee

"* Tilting your head in the workplace can be interpreted as uncertain and less assertive. "

I always took head tilting to mean attentiveness and listening.


23 posted on 12/15/2005 2:57:03 PM PST by Darksheare ("Keep it just between us..." she said, and then she faded into the mist.)
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To: Darksheare
Too much tilt?

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24 posted on 12/15/2005 3:06:34 PM PST by Dashing Dasher ((It was) Like being shot through a pinball machine with a piano on your chest!)
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To: Millee

So what are these women supposed to do, spread em?


25 posted on 12/15/2005 3:08:39 PM PST by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: Dashing Dasher

*sigh*

No no no.. TILT not..

Umm..
Er..
Uhhh..
Hmm.

You just wanted to see me squirm, didn't you.


26 posted on 12/15/2005 3:14:57 PM PST by Darksheare ("Keep it just between us..." she said, and then she faded into the mist.)
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To: Darksheare

Did you enjoy it?

Look, MA - No staples!


27 posted on 12/15/2005 3:17:05 PM PST by Dashing Dasher ((It was) Like being shot through a pinball machine with a piano on your chest!)
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To: Dashing Dasher

LOL!
No staples, no stapleguns.
Quite safe for me.


28 posted on 12/15/2005 3:19:20 PM PST by Darksheare ("Keep it just between us..." she said, and then she faded into the mist.)
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To: Darksheare; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; najida; PaulaB; EX52D; teenyelliott; peacebaby; ...

And in unrelated news...

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/chamber/61613?printer=1

CHINESE ADMIT: 'WE CAN'T TELL EACH OTHER APART, EITHER!'
By ANGUS FENWICK
DESPITE centuries of accusing Caucasians of racism for claiming they can't tell Chinese people apart, the Chinese admitted today that they, too, have trouble distinguishing each other.

See link for remainder of article..

I KNEW IT!

;-)


29 posted on 12/15/2005 3:33:29 PM PST by Dashing Dasher ((It was) Like being shot through a pinball machine with a piano on your chest!)
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To: Dashing Dasher

Weekly World News... LOL!


30 posted on 12/15/2005 3:39:32 PM PST by Darksheare ("Keep it just between us..." she said, and then she faded into the mist.)
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To: Millee

Can't just be yourself anymore??

What a plastic world it's become.


31 posted on 12/15/2005 5:54:50 PM PST by Cedar
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To: Millee
How about competent,professional and courteous.
I would hope that in most places one would advance with these qualities regardless of gender.
32 posted on 12/15/2005 6:52:18 PM PST by carlr
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To: Dashing Dasher

I will NOT fwd that to my brother. His wife is Taiwanese.


33 posted on 12/15/2005 6:59:39 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I miss my dad.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Okay....
Good idea.


34 posted on 12/15/2005 7:09:13 PM PST by Dashing Dasher ((It was) Like being shot through a pinball machine with a piano on your chest!)
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To: Dashing Dasher

Hope she's not getting ready to copy her ass on that machine!


35 posted on 12/15/2005 7:32:29 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: F16Fighter
"...those are great traits to have if Wally Cox is your idea of a hubby."

Yowza!

36 posted on 12/15/2005 8:14:53 PM PST by arasina (So there.)
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To: John Williams

Shut up.


39 posted on 12/15/2005 11:30:50 PM PST by Dashing Dasher ((It was) Like being shot through a pinball machine with a piano on your chest!)
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