Dr. Rita Maselli This is Me

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1. 1. www.globalpchelp.com

   www.globalpchelp.com/Managemen - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/9/2007   Last Visited: 8/9/2007

   Dr. Rita Maselli, consulting partner at management development company IMI and a crisis management professor, explains that ?crisis management is essential ...
   
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2. 2. www.businesstodayegypt.com

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   Published on: 7/1/2007   Last Visited: 9/19/2007

   "There's a difference between confronting the boss and being confrontational," says Dr. Rita Maselli, consulting partner with International Marketing & Managing Institute, which is responsible for running workplace improvement seminars.
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   But Maselli thinks it's not just limited to inside the boss' office. You have to do your job the best you can on a daily basis. After all, if you're a good employee, even the boss from hell will have to acknowledge that you are helping out.
   
   "You need to be instrumental in making your boss succeed," says Maselli.
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   Maselli likewise advises against hollow flattery: "If you're saying things to your boss that are blatantly untrue, then you have no business saying them. Even if it's a compliment, if it's a dishonest compliment or it's insincere, eventually your boss is going to find out that it is and it's not going to work for you."
   
   When it's a personal matter you want to discuss, the first thing to keep in mind is to not do it in public, according to Maselli. If you try to pick a fight in a meeting or in the middle of the office, not only is there the added pressure of being in front of everyone else, but also the boss will not appreciate your lack of tact. Private meetings are the only way to air out any grievances you might have, but even then, it's still a tightrope to walk.
   
   "The only thing you have to be careful about is the kind of language that you use," Maselli says.
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   "You do have employees that are one way in front of the boss and another behind the boss' back," says Maselli. "That makes the boss really uncomfortable and makes them wonder what kind of employees they're dealing with."
   
   The best way to get on the same page as your boss is to understand them. Maselli believes understanding what makes your boss tick can be advantageous to any employee. Understand what kind of person he or she really is and why they act the way they do. If you can do that, then you'll have a better idea of how to gauge their moods and stay on their good side.
   
   "Let's say that we figure out that the reason the boss acts the way he does is because he basically has an issue with control," she says. "He's held responsible for everything that goes on, then if he's the kind of person who wants complete control then part of your responsibility as an employee, if you want to get on his good side, is to help them with that."
   
   Maselli says that the best way to do that is to keep him or her in the loop. "You always have to make sure that your boss gets all of the information, all of it," she says.
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   In the end, Maselli says, it doesn't matter how cruel or hellish your boss is , it's all down to you.

3. 3. AmCham Egypt - Committees - Women in Business Committee - Briefing July 05 - June 06

   www.amcham-egypt.org/operation - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/14/2006   Last Visited: 9/15/2007

   The Women in Business Committee met on February 19 with guest speaker Rita Maselli Boucicaut, consulting partner, IMI - Int'l Marketing & Management Institute, to discuss the topic "The use of power management techniques by women," highlighting the significance of coping with gender differences in the work place. Boucicaut stated that women should understand the true meaning of power, which is about knowing what works and what doesn't, making informed decisions and using high-impact techniques to attain their goals. She emphasized that women managers must be encouraged to embrace power, and offered her strategies on how to succeed in the business world.
   
   According to Boucicaut, 10.6 million firms worldwide are at least 50-percent women-owned, and between 1997 and 2004 the number of women-owned firms grew at 17 percent, about twice the rate of all firms. Currently, women-owned firms employ 19.1 million people and generate $2.5 trillion in sales.
   
   A survey of 200 American Fortune 500 companies revealed that companies with the highest percentage of women on top management teams had better financial performance than companies with lower ratios of female management. Unfortunately, she said, the wage gap between male and female managers in the US actually widened between 1995 and 2000, and the number of sexual harassment claims from 1992 to 2000 rose by more than 50 percent. Boucicaut stated that a major obstacle is the perception that female managers are emotional, detail-oriented, non-competitive, take everything personally, can't separate personal life from work and are unable to make tough decisions.