In the Company of Women: Indirect Aggression Among Women: Why We Hurt Each Other and How to Stop - Softcover

Heim, Pat; Murphy, Susan; Golant, Susan K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585422231 ISBN 13: 9781585422234

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2003

Synopsis

In the Company of Women explains how indirect, or "relational," aggression can hurt women and hinder them from achieving success and harmony in their adult lives. Gender studies have shown that when a goal is in sight, men generally use direct action to attain it. Women, on the other hand, have been socialized to express aggressive actions through indirect means-using behavior such as shunning, stigmatizing, and

 

With startling insights into the meaning of our everyday behavior, this book offers straightforward techniques to change conflict among women into cooperation by resolving discords peaceably, building relationships, and making the most of women's unique leadership and communication skills.

 

About this title

About the Author:

Pat Heim, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker and consultant.  Her Los Angeles firm, Heim & Associates, has been providing services in the areas of leadership, communication, team building, and gender differences to hundreds of organizations, including AT&T, the Los Angeles Times, General Motors, the American Medical Association, and Price Waterhouse.  She has a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Colorado.
Susan Murphy, Ph.D., MBA, is the president of Energy Engineering, Inc. Heim and Murphy speak about workplace gender issues to more than 50,000 individuals each year.

From Publishers Weekly:

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. To support their thesis, which may offend some readers but will also generate attention, the authors both business consultants address differences between women's and men's behaviors. Declaring that women should be more conscious of their reaction if other women try to undermine a promotion or honor coming their way, they suggest, "that's the price we have to pay for the strong alliances we make with other women." This provocative, practical book deserves a wide readership.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1585422231
• ISBN 13: 9781585422234
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352