In the Company of Women Finding Powerful Allies Among Women in the Workplace

by Heim, Patricia; Murphy, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781585421152
• ISBN10: 1585421154
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-10
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

Now that women own nearly 50% of all businesses, the authors reason, women's worst enemies at work are just as likely to be other women, the authors address differences between women's and men's behaviors.

Author Biography

Pat Heim, Ph.D., is president of the Heim Group. She has been profiled in such publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, and Entrepreneur Susan Murphy, Ph.D., MBA, is a business and organization consultant and the president of Energy Engineering, Inc. Susan K. Golant has authored or coauthored twenty-two books

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(20)
PART I Conflict
Why Women Behave the Way They Do
The Golden Triangle: Relationships, Power, and Self-Esteem	21	(30)
The Power Dead-Even Rule	51	(17)
From the XX Files: The Origins of Woman-to-Woman Conflict	68	(16)
Lessons from Childhood	84	(23)
The Bitch Factor: Indirect Aggression	107	(24)
PART II COLLEAGUES
Finding Powerful Allies and Friends Among Women in the Workplace
The Goal Is the Relationship	131	(25)
Loosening Power Dead-Even Double Binds	156	(31)
How to Have Healthy Conflict with Another Woman	187	(25)
Handling Conflict with Style	212	(36)
How to Be an Effective Female Leader	248	(33)
Building a Dream Team	281	(27)
A Final Word	306	(2)
Appendix A Books on Self-Esteem	308	(2)
Appendix B Conflict Styles Questionnaire Answer Key	310	(9)
Notes	319	(7)
References	326