by Dot Callihan | May 16, 2018 | Acting As Empowered Women, Thinking Like Empowered Women
In the mid-1970’s I decided I wanted to be an engineer. I didn’t have any role models, except for maybe, sort of, Barbara Walters who I met when I was 15. I told her I wanted to be an aerospace engineer and she told me to go for it and not let the men stop me. She...
by Dot Callihan | May 4, 2018 | Acting As Empowered Women, Thinking Like Empowered Women
I’ve noticed a new trend in social media posts – women are offended at being the woman in the room. They are offended when other people are surprised to see a woman in a predominantly or historically male role. A common refrain is, “It is so unfair that I have to...
by Dot Callihan | Apr 27, 2018 | Acting As Empowered Women, Understanding The Male-Dominated Workplace
Newton’s Third Law of Motion is: For every Action, there is an equal and opposite Reaction As a female engineer, I discovered there is a similar law in the male-dominated workplace: When one man Acts, all other men must React Early in my career, my Reaction to this...
by Dot Callihan | Apr 19, 2018 | Acting As Empowered Women
At a recent dinner a woman and I were talking about women in tech. She brought up a story about a young woman who was the only woman in her department. One of her male co-workers dropped $2 every day into her cubicle. He did it to diminish her – to make her feel...
by Dot Callihan | Apr 12, 2018 | Acting As Empowered Women, Thinking Like Empowered Women
Recently I read through the Action Plan of a women’s organization I was interested in joining. As I read, I kept wondering what action I am supposed to take? What am I supposed to do? This is a huge problem women have. We have ideas, principles and values. Let’s...
by Dot Callihan | Apr 6, 2018 | Acting As Empowered Women, Thinking Like Empowered Women
Women are taught to think of men as tough and aggressive. But then we work with men and discover that most men hate conflict. They run away from it…literally. Have you noticed that Trump, in spite of his tough, confrontational television “You’re fired!” persona,...
