The Call for Help: Instead of criticizing employees and asking them to change their behavior, try saying: “I’d like to do this, and I could use your help. What do you think?” (Illustrations by Natalie K. Nelson for The Washington Post) When asked at a September fundraiser in San Francisco how she manages as a woman
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What Works for Women at Work by Joan C. Williams and Rachel Dempsey www.newgirlsnet.com An essential resource for any working woman, What Works for Women at Work is a comprehensive and insightful guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Williams, one of the nation’s most-cited experts on women and work,
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Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower by Mary Ann Mason, Nicholas H. Wolfinger, and Marc Goulden www.dobabiesmatter.com The new generation of scholars differs in many ways from its predecessor of just a few decades ago. Academia once consisted largely of men in traditional single-earner families. Today, men and women fill the
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