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When do women speakers need a tough skin?
When women experience difficulty speaking, or just speaking up, in the workplace, what can they do? A few recent articles suggest they toughen up--but at least one suggests that tactic may not work to their advantage when negotiating.
In this Washington Post commentary, Sharon Meers says women need "Thick Skin, and More of It." Meers is the co-author of Getting to 50/50: How Working Couples Can Have It All by Sharing It All.She also is a former managing director at Goldman Sachs...
