Mean Girls at Work

How to Stay Professional When Things Get Personal

By: Katherine Crowley, Kathi Elster

Narrated by: Kelley Hazen

Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

One of the New York Post's Top 10 Career Books of 2012 and a Booklist Top 10 Business Book

Do you work with a mean girl?

A woman's field guide to the new frontier of professional development - working with other women

Women-to-women relationships in the workplace are...complicated. When they're good, they're great. But when they're bad, they can ruin your day, your week - even your year.

Packed with proven advice from two of today's leading experts in workplace relationships, this one-of-a-kind guide gives women the tools they need to navigate difficult situations unique to women-to-women relationships - whether with a boss, a colleague, a client, or an employee.

Have you dealt with a woman in the workplace who:

• “Accidentally” excludes you from important meetings?
• Seems intent on taking you down professionally?
• Gossips about you with other coworkers?
• Makes you look bad by missing deadlines?
• Forms a “pack” of mean girls to make your life miserable?

Mean Girls at Work isn't just about surviving difficult situations. It's about transforming a toxic relationship into one that benefits and supports both of you.This book is also for women who engage in mean behavior...but don't know it. After all, who hasn't gossiped about a female coworker? Who hasn't rolled her eyes in the presence of a woman she doesn't like? Who hasn't scanned another woman head to toe - which is just a nonverbal way of saying, “You've just been judged”? The authors provide invaluable advice to the more subtle ways of being mean - even if they're not intended.

With a workforce composed of a higher percentage of women than ever, workplace dynamics have changed. Crowley and Elster cover every conceivable scenario, providing critical advice on how to rise above the fray and move forward professionally.

Mean Girls at Work is your map to dodging the mines and moving forward in today's transformed workplace.

Praise for Mean Girls at Work

“An invaluable suit of armor for surviving nine to five!” (Leil Lowndes, best-selling author of How to Talk to Anyone)

“If you think the emotional cruelty of comedies like Mean Girls and Heathers doesn't exist in the real world workplace, think again. In Mean Girls at Work, Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster valuably chronicle female vs. female predators and offer solid defensive strategies.” (Ann Kreamer, author of It's Always Personal: Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace)

“Whether you are in your 20s and just starting your professional career, your midcareer 40s, when you are supposed to have figured it out already, or a woman in her 50s or 60s who's seen it all - this book is a must-read.... The authors have finally given women the tools and the sound advice necessary to deal with...conflicts that keep us all from succeeding.... Carry this book with you to work every day!" (Carolyn Cassin, president, Michigan Women's Foundation)

“A must-read for women of all ages in today's workforce. This book offers what we all need to develop the capacities to endure this ever-changing workplace. We know it is all about relationships and you need the skills outlined in this book to survive and thrive when the Mean Girls attack.” (Kim Harrington, coordinator, professional development and training, office of human resources, California State University, Sacramento)

©2014 Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster (P)2012 McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio

Great

This book put words to the feelings i was experienced at work. Now I can see more clear the behaviors of others

Wish I had this book 30 years ago!

Content is comprehensive, comprehensible, and straight to the point no fluff. Practicality in every paragraph!

Thought provoking

While not every scenario is the same, it was all applicable and thought provoking. GREAT READ! I will definitely read again.

Informative

Every woman entering into the workforce should read this book. There is no doubt in my mind that in every place of employment you will encounter some if not all of the women discussed in this book.

excellent!

I so wish I would have found this book years ago! I felt as if the author had been watching over my shoulder and took notes of the mean girl situations I have encountered over the past several years. I found it helpful to know it really wasn't me and have learned better coping skills from listening to this book on Audible!!! thank you so very much for writing this book, I am asking my college aged daughter to give it a listen in hopes it will teach her some skills as well. Love it!

Spot On!

The advice in this book is spot on! Every description of the mean girl is valid.

How we have to ignore bully comments by not taking them personally Bullying is not illegal and most corporations allow it

Not really way to stop poor treatment by other women at workplace sadly I think there is a way but bosses won’t address it.

Truth

Great book to how to handle the workplace and also apply it to the people around you.

Helps understanding different scenerios

Helps understand different scenarios when working with other women and how to react in each

Outdated Dynamics

This book falls short in delivering impactful insights for the modern corporate landscape. Its content appears overly simplistic and misaligned with the nuanced and strategic dynamics of contemporary workplace challenges. Particularly, the portrayal of “mean girls” in the corporate sphere seems outdated, failing to account for the complex factors and office politics that enable such behaviors today. The scenarios depicted lack relevance, especially in environments where office politics shield or permit certain behaviors, making the book less applicable to real-world settings.