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The likability trap
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- Book Synopsis
- Be nice, but not too nice. Be successful, but not too successful. Just be likeable. Whatever that means?Women are stuck in an impossible bind. At work, strong women are criticized for being cold, and warm women are seen as pushovers. An award-winning journalist examines this fundamental paradox and empowers readers to let go of old rules and reimagine leadership rather than reinventing themselves.Consider that even competent women must appear likeable to successfully negotiate a salary, ask for a promotion, or take credit for a job well done-and that studies show these actions usually make them less likeable. And this minefield is doubly loaded when likeability intersects with race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and parental status. Relying on extensive research and interviews, and carefully examined personal experience, The Likeability Trap delivers an essential examination of the pressure put on women to be amiable at work, home, and in the public sphere, and explores the price women pay for internalizing those demands. Rather than advising readers to make themselves likeable, Menendez empowers them to examine how they perceive themselves and others and explores how the concept of likeability is riddled with cultural biases. Our demands for likeability, she argues, hinder everyone's progress and power.Inspiring, thoughtful and often funny, The Likeability Trap proposes surprising, practical solutions for confronting the cultural patterns holding us back, encourages us to value unique talents and styles instead of muting them, and to remember that while likeability is part of the game, it will not break you.
- About The Author
- Alicia Menendez is an MSNBC anchor and host of the Latina to Latina podcast. She has been dubbed “Ms. Millennial” by the Washington Post, “journalism's new gladiator” by Elle, and a “content queen” by Marie Claire; and her inter - views and reporting have appeared on ABC News, Bustle, FusionTV, PBS, and Vice News. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two daughters.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780062838766
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Harper Business, (26 December 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 243
- Weight
- 390.1 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 23 mm
- Categories:
- Business and Management Research and development Leadership and motivation Working patterns and practices Advice on careers and achieving success Discrimination and equal treatment Gender studies and groups Women and girls Feminism and feminist theory Social, group or collective psychology Occupational and industrial psychology