Welcome to the Broad Experience, the show about women, the workplace and success.

I'm Ashley Milne Tite.

This time on the show, is it okay to let your feelings show at work, or will your career suffer?

A man and woman doing the same thing, she's going to be viewed as emotional and out of control,

but a man will maybe be seen as passionate or

just having a bad day. And for some women, managing colleagues' perceptions is a part-time job.

I'm constantly thinking about the whole presentation, body language, you know, what my facial

expression must look like, the tone of my voice, the volume of my voice.

Coming up on the broad experience.

I read quite a few interviews with women executives, and in these pieces the women are always asked about advice they may have for other women.

One piece of advice that's offered repeatedly is the same one writer Anne Kramer got when

she joined the workforce in the 70s.

Whatever you do, do not let them see you cry.

There was this communicated among women sense that if you showed any kind of emotion, you would never be considered for management.

And that the only way you could sort of rise through the ranks was to button down every

emotional display and that would ensure that you would sort of, you know, be executive material.

How haven't we moved on or do women still have to worry about being perceived as weak if we shed the occasional tear?

It depends on who you ask.

Caroline Turner is a former lawyer.

She was also the first woman in the executive ranks at the beer company Coors.

These days she runs her own company, Difference Works.

She's written a book with the same name.

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