Beyond ‘Managing Up’
Your Toolkit for Challenging Bias in the Moment For decades, many women in the workplace have been told to “manage up.” We were coached to adjust our speaking style and soften our assertiveness to better adapt to systems built by and for others—the burden of fitting in was placed squarely on our shoulders. But what […]
The Burden of Being Empathetic
If I asked you to think of a coworker who is kind, thoughtful, warm, and makes the workplace a little better, someone probably comes to mind. Hopefully multiple people across your career. I know I’ve run into many of them, at least. That person always: → Considers how everyone else is feeling → Makes sure […]