1. Women and Work Women try if the chances are good Men try if there is any chance

2. The Workforce

3. College to Work Transition  Use the same strategies to recruit college age men and women into technical careers  Similar concerns  Similar aspirations  Recruiters seem to favor women  New hire challenges are similar

4. Women are successful in the beginning   Women earn 57% of undergraduate degrees and 62% of master’s degrees   Nearly half of medical and law school graduates are women BUT   Women hold less than 10% of senior leadership positions

6. Why Women Fail to Reach Their Potential  A good chance vs. any chance  Leaving before we leave  Feeling we are a fake  Communal expectations  Self-deprecation as a means of self-defense

7. Communal Expectations

8. Unrealistic Expectations: Work vs. Life Work  Extended workday  Communal Life  Intensive mothering  Maternal gatekeeping

10. Self deprecation as self-defense: At work, have you ever not A. Asked for help/support at work B. Billed for work you’ve done because you felt you weren’t at your best C. Highlighted your accomplishments

11. Advice for Working Women  Temper self-defense behavior  Use we  Ask  Focus on what matters  Marriage-Partnership on the home front

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