When Women Compete

Women at Work

Harvard Business Review

Business, Business/careers, Workplace, Business/entrepreneurship, Resources, Harvard, Management, Equality, Progress, Gender, Business/management, Careers, Women, Entrepreneurship, Human, Hbr

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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We discuss how women think about and approach competition at work and get advice on how to keep our disagreements — and people’s perceptions of them — from turning negative. Guest: Leah Sheppard. Our theme music is Matt Hill’s “City In Motion,” provided by Audio Network.

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0:27.0	So I am the opposite of an athlete, so I'm not going to speak from that expertise.
0:33.8	But I mean, I played enough sports that I remember
0:38.2	wanting to win, just really wanting to kick the other person's ass.
0:43.0	And the other person was always a woman.
0:45.2	And then, you know, going out afterwards for a drink.
0:49.0	Right.
0:50.0	You know?
0:50.5	Yeah.
0:51.7	Just a friendly game really competitive on the court and then you know
0:57.3	but have you been competitive with women in that way at work I've been competed with I don't feel particularly competitive.
1:05.6	Right. Yeah I mean I think about like there have been projects that I've really
1:09.9	wanted to be on and I know that other people have also put their hat in the ring.
1:14.9	And I've definitely strategized around how do I make myself look like the more appealing
1:19.5	candidate. But you're not looking to take out the other guys. No, not taking a bat to her kneecaps but definitely but I'm
1:27.5	definitely thinking how do I position myself as different and better it's not about ever mentioning that person's name.
1:35.4	It's just drawing on my characteristics or my success.
1:38.0	Yeah, you see that's where I felt like you know competition can actually be healthy
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