In the Company of Women: Indirect Aggression Among Women: Why We Hurt Each Other and How to Stop(ISBN=)

　　Two leading experts on gender issues in the workplace describe
how indirect aggression among women undermines their professional
and personal success, and explain how to change conflict into
cooperation.
　　Following the success of Queen Bees and Wannabes and Odd Girl
Out, about aggression in girls, In the Company of Women explains
how indirect, or “relational,” aggression can hurt women and hinder
them from achieving success and harmony in their adult lives.
Gender studies have shown that when a goal is in sight, men
generally use direct action to attain it. Women, on the other hand,
have been socialized to express aggressive actions through indirect
means-using behavior such as shunning, stigmatizing, and gossiping
to emotionally cripple those standing in the way of the achievement
they seek.
　　With startling insights into the meaning of our everyday
behavior, this book offers straightforward techniques to change
conflict among women into cooperation by resolving discords
peaceably, building relationships, and making the most of women’s
unique leadership and communication skills.

　　Pat Heim, Ph.D., is president of the Heim Group, a management
consulting service in the area of gender issues, communication, and
leadership, whose clients include Microsoft, Procter & Gamble,
AT&T, and General Mills. She is the author (with Susan K.
Golant) of Hardball for Women and Smashing the Glass Ceiling.
　　Susan Murphy, Ph.D., MBA, is the president of Energy Engineering,
Inc. She has thirty years experience as a business and organization
consultant.