Young Mr Green is quite excellent at his job, and I make a point of writing a letter for his file after every meeting saying so.
But yes. Quite awkward. Fortunately, it's not all dire - I quite like a couple of the women on the committee, and between us, we can more or less force things the directions we want to go. Or we could last year, and I hope that's still true.
You might actually have advice on that one, actually. One of the problems I'm clearly hitting (and my age certainly doesn't help) is that I think they assume that I'll do what they want.
Obviously, I don't, and I back it up with documentation and our charter and all of that. (And the fact Auror Lestrange was the one who nominated me for the position and supported my appointment has been useful a few more times than I like to think about.)
But if you had any other tips for convincing men who think they know everything that you are not in fact a doormat, I would love to hear them.
(Someone did send me a copy of that The Rules of Play: The Succesful Witch in Boardroom and Bed, but it's really only good for making me howl with laughter after I get home from the meetings.)
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Date: 2011-10-14 12:33 am (UTC)But yes. Quite awkward. Fortunately, it's not all dire - I quite like a couple of the women on the committee, and between us, we can more or less force things the directions we want to go. Or we could last year, and I hope that's still true.
You might actually have advice on that one, actually. One of the problems I'm clearly hitting (and my age certainly doesn't help) is that I think they assume that I'll do what they want.
Obviously, I don't, and I back it up with documentation and our charter and all of that. (And the fact Auror Lestrange was the one who nominated me for the position and supported my appointment has been useful a few more times than I like to think about.)
But if you had any other tips for convincing men who think they know everything that you are not in fact a doormat, I would love to hear them.
(Someone did send me a copy of that The Rules of Play: The Succesful Witch in Boardroom and Bed, but it's really only good for making me howl with laughter after I get home from the meetings.)