Synopsis

Ethney Gentry was thrilled to have infiltrated the ultimate good old boy network, landing a job with a mid$-$size Tulsa$-$based oil company. Armed with solid credentials and what she considered the strengths of female leadership$$listening$,$ collaboration, consensus building, and organization$$she looked forward to her first meeting with the company$$s retiring first female manager, Alexis Bale. Alexis advised that Ethney follow the same path to success that Alexis used$$be one of the guys.

Questions:

$1.$ If you were Ethney, how would you try to conduct yourself at the oil company? Why do you think your approach would be successful?

$2.$ Do you think male$-$dominated cultures like this one still exist? Do you think women have to plot a strategy to be accepted? Would you adopt a strategy in which you acted differently from your normal personality? Why?

$3.$ What does it mean to be $$True to yourself$?$ Is being true to yourself more important than achieving personal career success in a male$-$dominated company? Is it okay to enable the continuation of an $$unhealthy$$ work environment for women? Why?