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Dr Priyanka Upadhyai's avatar

I have experienced gender politics at work, sadly. To an extent I have made my way through by as you phrase it beautifully - "strategic ambition". I cannot say I have excelled at it but I am better than before and I will get better as I interact and learn from important articles such as these, so thank you!

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Bonnie Marcus's avatar

Thank you for sharing. It is an ongoing challenge for all ambitious women. We’ve all faced it at one time or another.

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

I can so relate because I didn't realize what was happening until it was way too late. I was so naive and had no idea politics played out like that in higher education.

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Bonnie Marcus's avatar

I was naive as well!! And learned the lesson the hard way, but I did learn it and now want to make sure all women pay attention. It’s not just about hard work.

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

I'm sure in your years of coaching, you've helped more women than you can possibly know. Because I do think a lot of times we just don't realize the impact it has if you aren't aware of what's going on. You can decide not to play. But you even want to be strategic about that. And understand the consequences of what that means. I just don't think many women really are. I know I certainly wasn't.

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

Yeah, like Priyanka, I’ve dealt with my share of this especially working in higher ed. What made it so hard was I just didn’t expect it there. Or at least not to that extent. But it’s a tough lesson a lot of us learn the hard way.

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