Tag: workplace diversity

  • Turn The Knob

    Turn The Knob

    All through my career I faced closed doors.   On the other side of the doors were the All-Boys Clubs.  I could have let each closed door stop me but as I looked at the door, I also saw knob.

    So, I turned the knob, opened the door and walked in.

    It was easy.

    Of course, men were surprised to see me. but I knew I had just as much right to be there as any man.  I knew my credentials, experience and achievements actually gave me more right to be there than many of the men.

    And this may shock many women – the vast majority of men accepted me and made me part of their group.

    Remember closed doors have knobs.  So, turn the knob and walk in.

    To learn more, watch this YouTube video:

    Empowered Women Don’t Let Closed Doors Stop Them

  • How To Control Toxic Men

    How To Control Toxic Men

    “Toxic Masculinity” makes women concerned about working with men. However, since I spent my career in environments where women expect to find lots of toxic men and toxic masculinity to run rampant, I want to share what I learned about toxic behavior and how to control it.

    Watch this YouTube video:

    Working in a hard-core male industry I found that out of every 10-15 men, I could expect to find 1 toxic man.

    I usually identified him because he spent a lot of time trying to make himself sound important or tough. He was usually the man I found to be the most obnoxious.

    As women we frequently think their aggressive behavior makes a toxic man the Alpha male – and that is exactly what he wants us to think. 

    But, in reality, the toxic man is just an Alpha Wannabe.

    As women, since we don’t understand relationship dynamics of our male colleagues, we get a lot of things about them wrong. For example, we’re taught that the Alpha male is horrible, toxic, oppressive, epitomizing every male behavior we hate.

    That is NOT true!

    In reality, the Real Alpha Male is our best and most powerful ally.

    So, watch this video and learn how the male dynamic really works.

    And by the way, my feedback from men has been that I got this right!

    Empowered Women Know How To Deal With Toxic Men