On Tuesday, December 05, 2006, tarage wrote: > This means that those who advance do so because they look familiar > (thus safe, thus unthreatening) to other managers. If it doesn't "smell > like us", it doesn't get promoted. It's the incorrect application of > the survival instinct. > > The only way up is to become a corporate non-entity, take up golf, > wear the right clothes, and do the usual rigamarole that signifies to > the other managers that you are one of them. You don't see too many > distinctive managers, and there's a reason for that. Pack mentality / > survival instinct.
IMO, this is a very narrow view and one to which I take exception. I am a 44 YO female; born and raised in the southern US. In my late 20s, I moved to Northern Utah. Utah is a very religious, very male- dominated culture. I didn't take up golf or begin wearing shirts with alligators and polo ponies on the pockets. I didn't begin attending church or stop drinking coffee so I would fit in. I worked my butt off for 9 years and proved I had the brains, organization skills, and leadership qualities to professionally manage a group of people as well as a product line. I am the first female manager in the company. I didn't get here because I was "one of the pack", nor am I the "token female". I got here because they looked at past performance and knew that I could do it and do it well. Respectfully, Dana W. ************************* Dana Worley Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group Campbell Scientific, Inc. 815 W 1800 N Logan, UT 84321-1784 435-750-1751 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
