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Trust and Reciprocity in Friendships with Women
Now that you’ve developed an arsenal of strategies for being an interpersonal ally to women in the workplace, we’re going to suggest you become more thoughtful and intentional about developing a core group of trusted friends and reliable confidants among your network of female colleagues. In this chapter, you’ll find seven strategies for showing up as a real friend for women at work. We introduce the reciprocal benefits of workplace friendships with women and ways to build a network of such friendships. We’ll showcase the value of reciprocity and honest feedback and encourage you to devote time to both discern and then affirm a female colleague’s ideal self and career dream. Then, we’ll explain ...
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