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How to React to Biased Comments at Work

Harvard Business Review

“I am the only woman on a team of software engineers. The lead engineers, who have a lot of influence over who gets picked for the ‘cool’, new, and ground-breaking projects, typically overlook me. I feel it’s because I’d be a buzz kill in the male-locker-room atmosphere.”

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Is Your Company as Ethical as It Seems?

Harvard Business Review

The tightly-controlled automotive company fostered a mentality where the lower ranks faced immense pressure to achieve the company’s business objectives. The punishing, pressure-cooker work environment meant that Volkswagen engineers were apparently loath to say no or admit failure to superiors. Who gets promoted?

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We Can't Agree to Disagree

Harvard Business Review

But each of us can likely remember a time in our career where we said it, or heard it. Out of curiosity, I ran it through a search engine and what did I get? Almost always, you're asking people to think a new thought, do a new thing, learn, stretch, and cooperate with others on creating something together. And that's alignment.

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