Strategies That Get Results
If you have worked hard to get to where you are in your career, but you’re worried you’re going to have to give up everything you’ve...
Shifting Power Dynamics to Win
Once you have chosen a purpose that is clear in your mind, and you are ready to go for it, no matter what kind of opposition you face,...
Take Care of Yourself Without Rewarding Bad Behavior
I was consulting with a lawyer whose supervising attorney was being a tyrant to her because she was a woman. It was one of those...
What Warrants an Investigation?
“Then he asked me if I wanted to ‘pursue a formal investigation,’” Maia told me about her conversation with an administrator where she...
You Are Here*: Labeling the Problem In Your Workplace Culture
I remember that when the harassment I was experiencing was at its most extreme, I lost all ability to even appreciate a warm house on a...
Seven Strategies to Stop Harassment and Advance in Fulfilling Work
It is important to be deliberate and strategic in the way we talk about and deal with sexual harassment. In Career Defense 101 (my first...
What the Evolution of Hygiene Can Teach Us About Harassment
“You shouldn’t tell that story to people. It makes you sound weak,” a guy I knew in law school said. I had just told him how, when I...
Strategies That Work
Early in my legal career, I interviewed for an advocacy position. In one of the interviews, I was at lunch with an older male executive...
Pulling the "Push Only" Door
“The only other advice I have is that things are really sexist, and we just have to deal with it.” Early in my legal career, this was...
Are Women Strong and Brave?
Because I had such clear, shameless messages as a child that women are evil, and that women deserve less than men (see last blog post), I...
