From the course: Leadership Strategies for Women
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Same words, different definitions
From the course: Leadership Strategies for Women
Same words, different definitions
- Even when we use the exact same words, sometimes men and women define and understand those words differently, Which can lead to miscommunication. In her book Same Words, Different Language, Barbara Annis provides a number of examples of misunderstandings between men and women based on research she conducted with thousands of participants over three decades. Let's take a look at an example. Meredith is a team leader, and she's in a meeting with her colleagues Joseph and Juanita. - And I think this will really help those dry numbers, and that's the strategy in a nutshell. What do you-all think? (sighs) - I think we need to look into alternative options for sourcing because; quite frankly, I don't think we're going to meet our sales targets, especially if we keep giving them extensions on our production timeline. - I like the overall strategy. I just wonder about how our sales team will react; and we should probably loop marketing into the discussion, too. - You've just heard a couple…
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