Gender Communication

Jane Sanders Gender Communication & Issues Expert

March 4th, 2008 by Jane Sanders in Gender Communication, Gender Stereotypes
Jane Sanders I offer consulting, speaking, facilitation, and coaching services to help companies recruit, retain, and advance more women. Most of the strategies helpful for women also positively impact Millennials. I create productive GenderSmart cultures for both men and women of all ages!

I’ve researched gender issues for over 15 years and consulted for many top US companies including US Steel, Ameriprise Financial, MassMutual, Prudential Financial, Toyota, Ford, Nestlé Foods, Choice Hotels, Boeing, and more. Please visit my website at http://www.janesanders.com.


Men Supporting Diversity

June 23rd, 2009 by Jsanders in Behavorial Differences, Communication Style Differences, Diversity, Recruiting & Retaining Women, Women's Issues

CIO Zone has a nice article discussing Catalyst research that determined criteria for men supporting diversity initiatives and characteristics of companies more successful with women. This is interesting and should be read by all corporate executives…where does your company fall in this regard?

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Women Managers and Business Risk

April 27th, 2009 by Jsanders in Behavorial Differences, Communication Style Differences, Gender Stereotypes, Women's Issues

Jane Merriman writes for Reuters abut the impact of, in my words, the feminine management style on business risk. It’s worth a read! Article


Gender Differences - nature or nurture

April 25th, 2009 by Jsanders in Behavorial Differences, Biological Differences, Communication Style Differences, Gender Stereotypes

Jenny Evans of Suite101.com writes a nice article about the ongoing debate addressing the source of gender differences - biology or socialization. If you’ve been following my work, you know that I believe nature is the primary motivator for gender communication and behavorial differences. And I believe socialization reinforces those differences and adds to them. Apparently Ms. Evans holds similar beliefs. Read article


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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Executive Gender Style Differences

February 19th, 2009 by Jsanders in Behavorial Differences, Communication Style Differences, Diversity, Recruiting & Retaining Women

The Glass Hammer posted another good article, a realistic situation, describing gender style differences at higher management levels and how to manage them. Click here


How women shoot themselves in the foot

January 9th, 2009 by Jsanders in Behavorial Differences, Communication Style Differences, Recruiting & Retaining Women, Women's Issues

PWC’s Glass Hammer newsletter has a great article about how executive women obstruct their own rise to the top. Granted, in the absence of a male-dominated environment, these issues wouldn’t be a problem, but considering the current male corporate model, the article is valid. It reinforces many of the gender style differences discussed in my GenderSmart® book.

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Gender differences increasing in interest and study

October 29th, 2008 by Jsanders in Behavorial Differences, Communication Style Differences, Diversity, Gender Communication, Recruiting & Retaining Women, Women's Issues

Andrea Learned discusses in her blog, Learned On, that study of and interest in gender differences is on the rise. And for good reasons, as she explains. I couldn’t agree more.

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Women Help Maintain the Glass Ceiling

August 21st, 2008 by Jsanders in Communication Style Differences, Recruiting & Retaining Women, Women's Issues

A large study of over 11,000 women indicates they help maintain the glass ceiling that restricts their own advancement. The Women’s Dish blog briefly discusses this. My expertise confirms these findings. As I wrote in their comments section, “Training can help…assertiveness, gender communication (to learn how to communicate more effectively with men and high-level women with a masculine style), and self-promotion. Mentoring can make a positive impact as well. Generally speaking, men use the 80/20 rule - 80% of their time at work is spent working, and 20% is used to self-promote. Women, we can DO this!”

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