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Shutting Down in a Toxic Environment

April 19, 2018 Catherine Goetze

Young women often tend to accept poor treatment from superiors and underestimate their workplace achievements, assuming lack of experience and expertise. What happened? I was

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Too Pretty to Be Successful?

April 19, 2018 Catherine Goetze

How should women and minorities in male-dominated workplaces effectively handle improper comments coming from superiors? What happened? Last summer I earned an internship at a

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How I responded to “How old are you?” in front of an entire company

July 29, 2017 Catherine Goetze

How can employees handle superiors’ attacks with grace and strength? What happened? I joined a startup where on my first day the founder purchased a

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My advisor would not take no for an answer

July 29, 2017 Catherine Goetze

Sexual advances from potential investors pose both professional and emotional doubt and frustration. How can entrepreneurs handle and overcome such behaviors coming from superiors? What

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I was marginalized after maternity leave

July 23, 2017 Catherine Goetze

Women in the workplace are often discriminated after maternity leave, despite high productivity – how can professionals and managers mitigate the bad attitudes towards colleagues

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