{"id":785,"date":"2015-09-10T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annelitwin.com\/?p=785"},"modified":"2015-09-10T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T13:00:02","slug":"next-steps-for-connecting-across-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/blog-posts\/next-steps-for-connecting-across-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Steps for Connecting Across Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[When we can understand ourselves and connect across differences with\u00a0other women, we release energy for creativity and innovation in the\u00a0workplace. The practices below will help you gain comfort and skill for\u00a0developing these relationships.\n\n\n<ol>\n\t\n\n<li>Identify the sides on your prism that are most relevant for you at\u00a0this time in your life and career, keeping gender in the center. For\u00a0example, I might ask myself how being a Jewish woman, white\u00a0woman, US-born woman, and woman in my sixties are all currently\u00a0impacting my experience. What is important for others to know\u00a0about me as I turn the prism that reflects my wholeness?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Make a list of the sides of your prism. Reflect on how each side\u00a0interacts with being a woman for you at this time in your life and\u00a0career.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Become more curious and open to learning about the experiences of\u00a0other women who are different. Listen to understand, and be willing\u00a0to share your experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Make a connection once a month with someone from a different\u00a0culture whom you don\u2019t usually interact with. Cultural differences\u00a0can include different employment levels, ages, races, nationalities,\u00a0religions, and other differences.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Read the histories of other groups or watch movies about the\u00a0experiences of women from different cultures, such as <em>Real Women\u00a0Have Curves<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n&nbsp;\nAn excerpt from my book,\u00a0<em>New Rules for Women<\/em>, available at Amazon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0982056982\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0982056982\/<\/a>).]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[14,116,131,188,207,221,225,286,344,418,471,480,529,567,611,634],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-posts","category-excerpt","tag-affinity-groups","tag-competition","tag-culture","tag-ethnicity","tag-feminine-values","tag-friendship","tag-gender","tag-identity","tag-lgbt","tag-new-rules","tag-projects","tag-race","tag-sexuality","tag-teamwork","tag-woman-of-color","tag-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}