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I’m having a tough time dealing with my administrative assistant. She rarely responds to my emails, dawdles on the simplest of assignments, and on occasion has been outright rude to me. I’ve conferred with a few of my male peers, and they’re perplexed. They’ve always found her to be helpful, efficient, and cordial. What gives? […]

My contributions are barely acknowledged in meetings. My male peers seem to have no trouble getting people on board with their ideas, but my opinions just don’t seem to hold the same weight among my coworkers. How can I make my ideas stick? Your challenge here is two-fold. On one hand, Prove-It-Again! bias is holding […]

My male colleagues have no problem broadcasting their achievements, demanding raises, and requesting promotions. But when my female colleagues do the same, they become the topic of gossip—they are “arrogant,” “inflated,” or “full of themselves.” I produce good work, but I feel like my coworkers are passing me by because no one seems to recognize […]

None of my supervisors seem to pay attention to—or at least remember—my accomplishments. My male coworkers don’t seem to have this problem. But when I try to remind my colleagues, I just see all these “who do you think you are?” faces staring back at me. What can I do to get recognition without looking […]

I’m fortunate to work at a company that offers flexible working arrangements, and since the birth of my first child, I’ve worked from home part-time. I’m still a committed employee producing high caliber work, but I’m being given less challenging assignments, and my supervisor no longer discusses the possibility of advancement with me. I really […]

Some of my male colleagues frequently make sexist remarks about other women in the office. Their comments really offend me, and I don’t like keeping quiet. But I’m not sure of how to confront my colleagues without upsetting them and making the situation worse. How can I respond effectively? We hear you! The idea of […]

I often find that I suggest a good idea in a meeting and it is ignored or overshadowed by the rest of the conversation. Later, someone suggests my idea—or an idea very like mine—and that person ends up with the credit. What can I do to make my voice heard? It sounds like you’ve had […]

It doesn’t seem to matter how hard I work or how competent I am; I always get passed over for promotions. My annual reviews confirm that I’m respected as a good worker, but that doesn’t seem to be enough and men who work half as hard get promoted instead.  I’m definitely suffering from Prove-It-Again! bias, […]

I’ve been told I’m unfriendly by superiors, but I just think I take my job seriously. This is hurting my career: what do I do? It’s an unfair truth about office politics: when women keep to themselves, they’re unfriendly; when men do it, they are just too busy taking their job seriously. This is because […]

We are pleased to introduce our newest feature What Works for Women at Work: Answers to Common Questions! In this weekly series, we give you the advice given to us by 127 savvy professional women to address some of working women’s most pressing questions. We hear this time and time again; working women are asked to […]