by Dot Callihan | Oct 25, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women, Thinking Like Empowered Women
Recently I listened to a woman complain about a male colleague during which she said “I hate passive-aggressive behavior.” After our conversation I realized that she was the one who was being passive aggressive. Our conversation reminded me of a simple, yet very...
by Dot Callihan | Oct 24, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women, Dealing With The Ugly Stuff, Thinking Like Empowered Women
When women experience inappropriate behavior, sexual harassment, bullying or discrimination in the workplace, we have a lot of reactions – shock, anger, resentment, fear. Our mix of emotions creates confusion as we try to figure out what we should do about it. We...
by Dot Callihan | Oct 7, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women, Dealing With The Ugly Stuff, Thinking Like Empowered Women
Construction sites have a reputation for crude behavior and the women who work on them can face behavior seldom found in other workplaces. This situation keeps most women away from the industry and those that do enter it often opt for support jobs in the office. Those...
by Dot Callihan | Sep 16, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women, Dealing With The Ugly Stuff, Thinking Like Empowered Women
Several years ago I was working on a project where some senior male managers didn’t want a woman in charge. They wanted to prove that anything I could do, a man could do better. This was a particularly difficult project and men lasted about 2 months. So every 2...
by Dot Callihan | Sep 11, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women
I am on the board of a small organization where all board members have equal power. However, our current President is on a power trip and is trying to use the organization for his own personal purposes. Another woman and I are countering his efforts but we go about...
by Dot Callihan | Sep 6, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women, Dealing With The Ugly Stuff, Thinking Like Empowered Women
Recently I read an article in which a woman wrote about her experience interviewing for a new job. She did all the research on the job and knew how much she should be paid. During the interview, the men who interviewed her offered her 30% less than she expected and...
