T.I.P.S. - To Improve Pay and Success
Choose Your Battles
Jill’s work environment and her relationship to her manager are generally very favorable. But women are more likely than men to want an ideal work environment (see Each of Us.) While we obviously accept much less, sometimes our fantasies still linger. Jill’s ego is at stake, also. She takes pride in her title. Too often we believe the men around us have plenty of ego but the women do not. It is sometimes hard to know when to battle and when to roll with the punches. Jill has made her point clear more than once, and has decided to live with this shortcoming in her boss. I think this is an excellent decision. We all accept less than perfection in our spouses, friends, and ourselves. Our employers can be allowed the same latitude. Awareness is the first step. Small adjustments make a big difference.
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An Each of Us reader has shared with me her
dilemma at work. Jill’s
boss, an otherwise reasonable man, has trouble "remembering" Jill’s
title. Her title is Project Manager, but he wants to call her project
coordinator or project supervisor. Jill has worked hard for her
title and would like to be called what she is. Could it be that
he wants to be the only "manager" in sight? Is it his
ego which prevents him from using this title? Maybe he is afraid
the title will go to her head. For whatever reason, he stumbles
over it whenever he introduces her or the subject comes up.