Episode 42: Navigating Difficult Waters with Your Boss

Kelli Confidential: Negotiation Essentials Empowering Extraordinary Women

McKinsey and CNN both reported between 2022 and 2023 that the number of women in C-suite and executive roles in the United States dropped (that’s right, contracted) for the first time in over two decades.
So what's going on? Numerous data points have come out showing that women may not be getting what they need in modern, corporate roles. Certainly, for many organisations, the female representation isn’t there. It may be also that women don’t want to wait for the rare opportunity for a man to move out of a leadership post in the hopes that she may get it (despite her chances being 75% in favour of her male colleague).

Or it may be that following COVID many women – and men – questioned why they were enduring a bully, demeaning or difficult boss at work.

Many people, million and millions, like their job and don't want to start over. So how do you deal with a difficult boss?

On the show today, we're answering that question and showing these steps taken together may help you to reset the relationship with your boss:

1. Understanding your Employee Rights (grab my Chat GPT swipe file below)
2. Understanding Who You’re Dealing With – What’s their Negotiation Style.
3. Check What Your Job is Really Doing For You (self-survey); and
4. Making The Decision to Engage.

Citations & Resources🌟 🌟
- Fisher, Roger and William Ury. “Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In.” Penguin Books. 3 May 2011. Available on Amazon.

- Sinek, Simon. “Start With Why”. Penguin Random House publishers. 2009. Available on Amazon.

Grab My Swipe Files: 💡💡
👉 What's Your Negotiation Style
👉 Chat GPT Prompt for Harvesting Your Employee Rights

Online Articles:

- "Gender pay gap remained stable over past 20 years in US." Pew Research Center. 1 March 2023. Online.

- “Share of women in C-suite roles falls for first time in two decades, study finds”. Sahadi, Jeanne. 5 April 2024. CNN online.

- “Women in The Workplace” McKinsey online. Oct. 2023. Online.

- "Managing the Next Decade of Women’s Wealth." BCG, www.bcg.com. Accessed June 16, 2024.

- "Women entrepreneurs fuel business growth - new survey." World Economic Forum, www.weforum.org. Accessed June 16, 2024.

- "Women entrepreneurship is soaring in the US, a new survey finds." World Economic Forum, www.weforum.org. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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