Product Description
Two leading experts on gender issues in the workplace describe how indirect aggression among women undermines their professional and personal success, and explain how to change conflict into cooperation.
Following the success of Queen Bees and Wannabes and Odd Girl Out, about aggression in girls, In the Company of Women explains how indirect, or “relational,” aggression can hurt women and hinder them from achieving success and harmony in their adult lives… More >>
In the Company of Women: Indirect Aggression Among Women: Why We Hurt Each Other and How to Stop
I have struggled my entire life in relationships with women. This book opened my eyes.
Rating: 5 / 5
good book for helping women who work with women and are having a hard time at work.
Rating: 5 / 5
In the Company of Women: Indirect Aggression Among Women: Why We Hurt Each Other and How to Stop
very thought provoking…
Rating: 5 / 5
This book was pretty good. The first part validated what I pretty much figured out for myself the hard way. At least with the knowledge you get from this book that this type of behavior and attitude is universal among women everywhere and is “normal,” you can deal with it more constructively or let it go more easily instead of dwelling on it. I did enjoy reading the first part of the book – probably 3/4 of the book was helpful because it validates what you know or can sense about what is going on around you, and that is empowering and reassuring. The guidance given in this book for dealing with other women is somewhat like remembering difficult algorithms though. And, unless you can convince every other woman you ever deal with to read the book and follow precisely the “rules” you have to follow in order to have perfect harmony among the women in your life, you still have to just use your gut instinct on how to deal with each particular woman or…well, you already know what will happen or you wouldn’t be interested in reading this type of book! To be honest, I started reading the last part of the book (which directly relates to being in a supervisory position) and just couldn’t read any more.
Rating: 4 / 5
The authors provide great insights into why women are the way we are, as well as methods for working with the dynamics. However, while the insights definitely resonated with me, it saddened me to have my suspicions validated. I kept thinking “why does it have to be this way?” I would prefer to see the socialization process changed rather than devise ways to work around such petty & destructive behavior.
Rating: 4 / 5