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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If "being a human being" means clawing one's way and being a ruthless b*tch on your way to the top, those are great traits to have if Wally Cox is your idea of a hubby.
I'm gonna throw out a wild guess and say I doubt the womyn who wrote this book is out looking for a husband.
The most competent and promotable women i have worked with are very nice.
I have worked at toomanyplaces where you basically had to choose team A or team B politically. That was BS to me, so i didn't choose, and now I am at a great company where there is almost none of that.
Me too...
The only game I play at work is Scrabble Blast.
Oh, but she is...
Her "husband" just won't have any natural "male equipment" to speak of while answering to the term of endearment, "Butch, darling."
You're lucky. My company bleeds office politics so I do keep my nose down and ignore it. I'd rather freep then be the boss anyway! (Maybe that might be my next tagline!) ;o)
LOL! Next book, "How to Dress Like a Lumberjack and Still Succeed!"
Or maybe "How to maintain and repair your purple Ford Ranger pickup truck"
"Belt Buckles: A Womyns Guide to Fashion"
D*mn, have I been tilting my head again?
I've got to stop that!
The phrase, "Genetics be damned -- my woman is such a HUNK" come to mind.
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