Work with Me

Barbara Annis is a world-renowned expert on Gender Intelligence® and inclusive leadership, advocating the value and practice of Gender Intelligence® in over 60 Fortune 500 companies, ten governments, and numerous organizations across the globe. Her insights and achievements have pioneered a transformational shift in cultural attitudes on the importance of gender unity to personal and organisational success. Her book, Same Words, Different Language, is considered a seminal contribution to the new conversation between men and women at work. She serves as Chair Emeritus of the Women's Leadership Board at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and was recently conferred the International Alliance for Women, Lifetime Achievement Award.

John Gray, PhD, is the leading relationship expert in the world and bestselling relationship author of all time. His book, Men Are from Mars and Women Are from Venus, is ranked by USA Today as one of the top 10 most influential books of the last 25 years. His 17 books have been translated into 50 different languages, and he is a popular keynote speaker for international organisations and Fortune 500 companies. He is the founder of Mars Venus Coaching and has personally trained over 500 coaches in 27 countries to bridge the gender gap in business through gender-smart leadership, sales, and team-building training programs.

Despite the strenuous efforts to give women equal status in the workplace over the last few decades, tension between the sexes in the workplace remains as rampant as ever: during exit interviews many women, often leaving to start their own businesses, cite feeling undervalued or unappreciated at the office. Despite countless company initiatives, equality protocols, and gender seminars we have made little significant advancement. So why can't the sexes work together?

In this fresh exploration of the relationships between men and women in the office, world-renowned expert on gender issues in the workplace, Barbara Annis, and John Gray, author of the number one relationship book of all time, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, team up to reveal the eight gender blindspots that create friction between the sexes at work. Annis and Gray use stories, science and research (including over 100,000 in-depth interviews of male and female executives in over 60 Fortune 500 companies) to expose the blindspots that cause misunderstandings, miscommunications, mistrust, resentment and frustrations. Filled with 'ah-ha' moments, Work with Me provides a blueprint for boosting your gender intelligence. It provides new insights and solutions that will help break down barriers and enable men and women to bridge their different values, build trust and increase their credibility with each other, at work and at home.

How and why men and women think and act differently at work

A fresh exploration of the relationships between men and women in the office, Work with Me is the timely collboration of Barbara Annis, world-renowned expert on gender issues in the workplace, and John Gray, author of the number-one relationship book of all time, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.

For the first time, they reveal the eight gender blind spots that create friction between the sexes at work. Annis and Gray use stories, science and research (including over 100,000 in-depth interviews of male and female executives in over sixty Fortune 500 companies) to expose the blind spots that cause workplace misunderstandings, miscommunications, mistrust, resentment and frustrations, for example:
Do women want men to change?
Are women being excluded?
Do women ask too many questions?
Do men listen?


Filled with 'ah-ha' moments, Work with Me provides a blueprint for boosting your gender intelligence. It provides new insights and solutions that will help break down barriers and enable men and women to bridge their different values, build trust and increase their credibility with each other, at work and at home.

A compelling, fascinating, and above-all, practical book which will do for men and women's relationships in the workplace what MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS did for their romantic relationships.Practical and timely, this joint offering by two complementary experts - one from Mars and one from Venus - promises to be a game changerAn easy-to-read guide to workplace communications'Together, Annis and Gray provide the perfect relational guide for men and women looking for happiness and success through greater understanding as colleagues, partners and parentsWhat a concept! Work with Me is a perfect blend of work-life and personal-life messages. No other book tackles the issue of men and women working and winning togethera landmark work that examines today's workplace opportunities and challenges . . . and demonstrates why gender intelligence - not gender equality - will inspire a culture of inclusiveness and create a sustainable source of economic advantage for individuals, leaders and their organizationsNo doubt about it. Group intelligence is highest when both genders problem solve together. Now Barbara Annis and John Gray show us how to get the job done! If this book doesn't make you think, you are brain dead!It's time to get smart about Gender Intelligence. If anyone on Earth - or Venus or Mars - can sort out these complex relationships, John Gray and Barbara Annis can. "Work" your way through this remarkable book!

Work with Me
How gender intelligence can help you succeed at work and in life
Barbara Annis and John Gray
Bestselling author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus