As promised I will work through all of these “strategies”. This post is a very rough draft!<\/p>\n
My initial reaction on reading this one is much like Erin’s – I do this regardless of the gender of the person I am dealing with, so is it fair to refer to this behaviour as coddling to the fragile male ego? However, I think the deeper exploration\u00a0is why do i do this? My go-to behaviour is “this has to be done by Monday” because a) it does and b) this is not personal, it’s business and it’s a deadline, so deal. We already know the typical male reaction (threatened) but the typical female reaction is “you’re mean” or “you’re a bitch” or “why can’t you ask nicely”. And this is also a threatened reaction, I think (because we are either friends or we are adversaries?). And so we have both men and women reacting in a way that demands that other women not be threatening, either by not telling the man what to do, or by being “nice” to the other women,<\/p>\n
To me, the real test is “what would these men or women say if a man spoke this way”? Would they even register it as an issue?<\/p>\n\n\n Footnote: all images from Sarah Cooper’s site: https:\/\/thecooperreview.com\/non-threatening-leadership-strategies-for-women\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As promised I will work through all of these “strategies”. This post is a very rough draft! My initial reaction on reading this one is much like Erin’s – I do this regardless of the gender of the person I … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mynerdyfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ntls1.gif?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1\")
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