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Taking Charge of Your Career (HBR Women at Work Series)
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Taking Charge of Your Career (HBR Women at Work Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Dorie Clark, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Stacy Abrams, Lara Hodgson
December 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
240 pages
3h 24m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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Get Comfortable Playing Office Politics

by Lisa Zigarmi, Julie Diamond, and Lesli Mones

By now, it’s a tired refrain: Women, particularly women of color, are significantly outnumbered at the senior leadership level in organizations.

The causes of the leadership gender gap are numerous, as are its proposed solutions. One area of research points to differences concerning women’s response to office politics. Politics, broadly defined as the ability to successfully navigate the unwritten rules of how things get done and through whom, includes understanding the motivations of others and using this knowledge to enhance one’s personal interest and organizational objectives.

In our experience as psychologists and coaches, we have found that many women ...

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ISBN: 9781647824655