Should Women ‘Man Up’ at the Office, or Does Office Culture Need to ‘Man Down’?
How should a woman try to get ahead in a male-dominated workplace? Perhaps the answer lies less on women “manning up” and more in how businesses value their employees.
Many women confront this tension as they navigate their own upward trajectories in fields where men fill the upper ranks. For some, attempts to convey a vision yet avoid perceptions they are “bossy” or “bitchy” are all too familiar. With only 14.6 percent of executive officer positions belonging to American women, there’s no question the workplace could be doing more to extend a welcoming hand to their female workers.
So argues Dana Theus, the founder of InPower Women and InPower Consulting, Inc., who told HuffPost Live on Tuesday that offices are in need of “moving from an either-or kind of culture to a both-and culture” in order to best foster all types of female leadership.
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