Talking from 9 to 5

How Women's and Men's Conversational Styles Affect who Gets Heard, who Gets Credit, and what Gets Done at Work

Author: Deborah Tannen
ISBN: 9780688112431

You say something at a meeting, it is ignored, then someone else says the same thing and everyone embraces it as a marvelous idea. You devote yourself to a project, but don't get credit for the results. You work around the clock to avoid a crisis, but your efforts are not recognized because no one notices a crisis that never occurs. You give what you think are clear instructions, but the job is not done, or is done wrong. Sometimes it seems you are not getting heard, not getting credit for your efforts, not getting ahead as fast as you should. Many of us spend more of our lives at work than we do at home, yet while we choose our life-partners and friends, at work we are thrown together with people we did not choose, some of whom we don't understand and may not even like. In Talking from 9 to 5, Deborah Tannen brings to the workplace the same compelling voice, keen eye, and deep insight that made That's Not What I Meant! and You Just Don't Understand best-selling classics. Here, she off

Publisher: W. Morrow
Publish Date: 1994

Subjects: Business & Economics / Business Communication / General, Social Science / Gender Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Communication)