Tag: dominated

  • The Great American Alligator Slayer

    I first wrote about the Great American Alligator Slayer © in 1991.  I got the idea from thinking about how I was told to distinguish myself and get ahead at work.  It is a very male concept.Alligator Slayer

    As a woman, you don’t want to embrace this concept for yourself but it is important to understand it because it is still relevant.  In a humorous way it explains what your male peers may be aspiring to.

    As I often talk about, the male workplace produces a slew of problems and crises it must deal with and make go away.  If we go back to the old analogy and equate problems to alligators, a company that is plagued with problems is “up to its waist in alligators.”  So what do they do?

    They hire – The Great American Alligator Slayer! (more…)

  • How To Use The Power Seat

    I introduced the concept of the power seat and told you how to find it in your conference room in my article Understanding the Power Seat.  Now it is time to learn how to use it so you can take lead a discussion and lead your collegues to better solutions. (more…)

  • Understanding The Power Seat

    One of the most difficult things for most women to do is get their ideas heard when they are in a room full of men.  Men can be loud and assertive, if not aggressive, in order to shut down the ideas of others.   At the extreme a discussion can turn into nothing more than a competition to see who will win – where the original objective – to find the best solution – is lost.

    What is a woman to do in these situations?  Can she get all of this ruckus back on track?

    YES!!  (more…)