by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 21, 2011 | Assertive Communication, relationship building and women, Self Promotion, Success
The news last week featured the results of an interesting research study from University of Ontarios Ivey School of Business, Cornell University and University of Notre Dame. Basically, the study demonstrated that men who were highly disagreeable at work earned 18...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 31, 2011 | Assertive Communication, leadership, Self Promotion, self-esteem, Success, Women in Business
Women have had to deal with the double-bind or backlash effect in business for decades and it has frequently been the topic of many discussions about how women can overcome this prejudice to advance their careers. In a nutshell, this double-bind is: To be...
by Bonnie Marcus | Feb 20, 2011 | Assertive Communication, Communication, Women in Business
As kids, we played the game of telephone and thought it was funny to hear how the original message changed as it was passed along from one person to another. In business, no one laughs when communication fails, and projects and teams fall apart as a result. Direct and...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 13, 2010 | Assertive Communication, Communication, Women in Business
Yesterday I attended a meeting for a local organization and we were discussing business as usual when a colleague of mine made the comment that someone’s “nose was out of joint” because of a certain interaction that had occurred earlier in the week. That got me...
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