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Summary: Content is great... presentation lacking...
Review: Dr. Tannen has written several books detailing the effect of gender upon conversational style. This book, specifically, offers insights specific to the work place. The author cites research to substantiate her claims, but she does not bore the reader with scientific paradigms -- she speaks in a language we all can understand. The biggest problem with the book is that it does not seem to flow. Her theories need to be better articulated through the book, and she needs to spend more time making sure that everything does not run together. If you have not read "You just don't understand," and you have a choice between the two books, pick that one. It will give the same information in a more organized way.
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Summary: Yakk...
Review: First, it would be nice to explain, that this book is targeted to (a) women, (b) women suffering from the lack fo self-confidence, (c) women suffering from the lack of self-confidence and comfortable with blaming men for sexism on a working place. It's just too much time spent on sexes relations instead of real communications problems. Of course, difference of male and female styles of communication is a problem, you have to keep in mind, but this is not the ONLY problem. Reading the review on a boook I expected advice on improving my communication skills, not to hear a bunch of regular feministic stream of accusations of the business world. It's just misleading, useless and very unpleasant. So if you want feminist propaganda, this book is for you, if you really want improve your skills, go somewhere else.
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Summary: Essential reading for any man or woman in the workplace.
Review: I found her research compelling--there is little speculation in this book. It is based on what is actually happening at work, and for that reason, I highly recommend it to anyone seeking to improve communications in the workplace.
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Summary: Important Work - A little too much personal bias though
Review: I gave this a 4 star rating only because of the importance of the overall topic. This book really can help one understand some of the underlying issues that make communications difficult between men and women at work. Ritual opposition and ritual apology are two important topics that are often seen and important to understand. I do believe that the author engages in a small amount of "axe grinding" though. Although, you know what Dr. Tannen? If I were a woman perhaps I would have viewed some of your experiences through a different "lens".
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Summary: A 1970's Viewpoint of Women Today
Review: I had hoped women had progressed more than Tannen implies. Of course the relationship between men and women is still not perfect, but whenever there are differences, you will have imperfection. Tannen's examples are dated and her observations of women stereotypical. She frequently cites studies, but does not reference the situation or the dates of research.I was very disappointed. I used this book in one of my graduate level organizational communications class. It certainly lead to a lengthy discussion. The students were angry at the lack of "current" information and the stereotyping.
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Summary: A disappointment but still relevant book
Review: I have read Deborah Tannen's first 2 books and I found them groudbreaking and very informative. This book however seems to be too much of a rehash of her first 2 books with a little bit of business communication stuck in the middle. I was disappointed by the book and believe there are better books out there than this one.
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Summary: A disappointment but still relevant book
Review: I have read Deborah Tannen's first 2 books and I found them groudbreaking and very informative. This book however seems to be too much of a rehash of her first 2 books with a little bit of business communication stuck in the middle. I was disappointed by the book and believe there are better books out there than this one.
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Summary: interesting, however not useful
Review: I listened to the audio book version of this book. At first, it seemed quite refreshing to know men and women were so different that you could explain in your work environment why people behaved like that. However, it just didn't give any solution and keep saying it over and over again in this book can bore anyone.
This book is more like a psychology paper rather than a practical handbook. The person who performed the book makes it more disturbing.
In one word, from this book, you will understand that people are so different that you can't expect others will think like you. Men are more hierachical and women are nice and think all men are equal. My understanding is that even if it is like this, you can only be yourself.
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Summary: Lots of information, but what do I do about it?
Review: I read this for a leadership program that I'm in, hoping to find a better way to communicate with my peers and supervisors. Instead, I found many examples of what's wrong with very few examples of what's right. Tannen is a good writer, but I found this book to be lacking solid guidance for communication needs.
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Summary: Very enlightening
Review: I recommend this book to everyone who has relationships or works or has friends or who interact with people....Oh, that's EVERYONE!
It's very interesting to read about how what we say is not what comes across and what we thought we heard is often not what was meant!
A must read for anyone cares about understanding and being understood!
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