One of the biggest critiques we hear is that unlike our male colleagues, we don’t self-promote enough. We are told we need to let our managers know what we accomplish because that is what our male colleagues do and unless we do what men do, we can’t compete with them. But this advice like so much of what we are told doesn’t work for us. Why? Because we are not men! Self-promoting in order to gain recognition is a male approach. We need to gain recognition using a female approach! (more…)
