March, 2009 Archive

Performance vs. Face Time

March 21st, 2009 by Jsanders in Women's Issues, Work-life balance

The spring issue of strategy-business online includes a short but sweet article reporting the results of a survey conducted to determine bias by managers toward remote employees. Bottom line – base evaluations on performance, not on face time.

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Opinion – Gender Stereotypes

March 11th, 2009 by Jsanders in Behavorial Differences, Biological Differences, Communication Style Differences, Gender Stereotypes

Monica Lim writes about gender stereotypes on her blog, a perspective I am in partial agreement with. I agree completely with her definition of feminism, but I disagree with her downplaying of the impact of biology on gender differences. After studying gender issues and communication for 16 years, I believe most differences stem from biological or physiological sources. Yes, society’s expectations and programming adds to these differences and exaggerates them, but they had to be there in the first place! The secret is to accept our differences and not judge them as right or wrong, good or bad…and that’s where our challenges as a species lie.

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Gender Differences in Personal Relationships

March 8th, 2009 by Jsanders in Behavorial Differences, Communication Style Differences, Gender Stereotypes

Leon Fontaine writes in the Winnepeg Sun about enjoying differences and learning to work with them for successful marriages. His advice is effective for the workplace as well! He describes three tactics each for men and women, it’s worth a read…

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