• Beliefs still persist that men are more competent than women, so when in doubt, people usually defer to a man
• Competent women are not seen as likeable, especially unattractive women
• Women's successes and failures are often interpreted differently than men's:
  -women's success: luck and effort; men's success: ability
  -women's failure: lack of ability; men's failure: bad luck
• Women tend to have less Power-both public and personal
• Status is partly determined by gender alone
• Women are often perceived as more "alike" each other-lumped together as though they look alike
• Women have fewer mentors in business than men

The good news is no difference in abilities or achievement, and few other "personality" differences. There are differences in:

Non-verbal Communication:
- Men are different in "space, eye contact and touching
- Women pay more attention to non-verbal cues and they smile more, are very expressive, and polite.

• Be alert to different styles
• Use the tools you have-flexibility, monitoring, caring, cooperation, ability to handle multiple tasks, etc.
  
• Consciously increase your personal power-decrease vulnerability and get support
  
• Know your worth and expect to get rewarded for your work
  
• Support other women.