One of the New York Post's Top 10 Career
Books of 2012 and a Booklist Top 10 Business
Book
DO YOU WORK WITH A MEAN
GIRL?A woman’s field guide to the new
frontier of professional development—working with other
womenWomen-to-women relationships in the
workplace are . . . complicated. When they’re good,
they’re great. But when they’re bad, they can ruin your
day, your week—even your year.
Packed with proven
advice from two of today’s leading experts in workplace
relationships, this one-of-a-kind guide gives women the
tools they need to navigate difficult situations unique
to women-to-women relationships—whether with a boss, a
colleague, a client, or an employee.
Have you dealt
with a woman in the workplace who:
- “Accidentally” excludes you from important
meetings?
- Seems intent on taking you down professionally?
- Gossips about you with other coworkers?
- Makes you look bad by missing deadlines?
- Forms a “pack” of mean girls to make your life
miserable?
Mean Girls at Work isn’t
just about surviving difficult situations. It’s about
transforming a toxic relationship into one that benefits
and supports both of you.
This book is also for
women who engage in mean behavior . . . but don’t know
it. After all, who
hasn’t gossiped about a female
coworker? Who
hasn’t rolled her eyes in the
presence of a woman she doesn’t like? Who
hasn’t
scanned another woman head to toe—which is just a
nonverbal way of saying, “You’ve just been judged”? The
authors provide invaluable advice to the more subtle
ways of being mean—even if they’re not intended.
With a workforce composed of a higher percentage of
women than ever, workplace dynamics have changed.
Crowley and Elster cover every conceivable scenario,
providing critical advice on how to rise above the fray
and move forward professionally.
Mean Girls at
Work is your map to dodging the mines and moving
forward in today’s transformed workplace.
Praise
for Mean Girls at Work“An invaluable suit
of armor for surviving nine to five!”
—Leil
Lowndes, bestselling author of How to Talk to Anyone
“If you think the emotional cruelty of
comedies like
Mean Girls and
Heathers
doesn’t exist in the real world workplace, think
again. In
Mean Girls at Work, Katherine Crowley
and Kathi Elster valuably chronicle female vs. female
predators and offer solid defensive strategies.”
—Ann Kreamer, author of It’s Always
Personal: Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace
“Whether you are in your twenties and just
starting your professional career, your midcareer
forties, when you are supposed to have figured it out
already, or a woman in her fifties or sixties who’s seen
it all—this book is a must-read. . . . The authors have
finally given women the tools and the sound advice
necessary to deal with . . . conflicts that keep us all
from succeeding. . . . Carry this book with you to work
every day!”
—Carolyn Cassin, President, Michigan
Women’s Foundation “A must-read for women of all
ages in today’s workforce. This book offers what we all
need to develop the capacities to endure this
ever-changing workplace. We know it is all about
relationships and you need the skills outlined in this
book to survive and thrive when the Mean Girls
attack.”
—Kim Harrington, Coordinator,
Professional Development and Training, Office of Human
Resources, California State University,
Sacramento