“Alpha Males”: What Men Don’t Tell Women About Business

A  joint meeting with the Alliance of Technology and Women (ATW).

Christopher Flett

In 'What Men Don’t Tell Women about Business', Christopher Flett outlines the 10 factors that drive men in business, the 14 things women do on a daily basis to undermine themselves in business, and steps women can take to be authentic, maintain integrity, and be taken seriously in the business setting.

Some of the points covered in the presentation include:

• Why men are in love with their titles
• How men develop partnerships in business
• What men fear in business settings
• The role of the male 'ego' in the decision making process
• How men sabotage women in business ("the deep six")
• The difference between alpha and beta males
• And four other main 'drivers' that influence how men do business

This presentation also showcases the various ways that women sabotage themselves including:

• Taking things personally
• Declaring war openly
• Assuming that everyone will be fair
• Making excuses for their actions
• Putting ideas forth in the form of questions
• Asking for what they think they can get, not what they want
• Not getting to the point
• Focusing too much on process and not enough on goals
• And six other areas where women undermine their power in business

"What Men Don't Tell Women about Business" opens the male 'playbook' to business. For some it is a shocking revelation and for others it confirms and elaborates on what they always suspected. This interactive, engaging session brings forward the hidden sociology between men and women in business and puts that information forward in an entertaining and practical manner.

A key component of the presentation is the question and answer period.

Christopher Flett focuses primarily on working with women in business. After graduating from University College of the Cariboo (now called Thompson Rivers University), Christopher focused on niche market delivery, client attention and retention. He has built several successful corporations over the past decade. They are: Think Tank Communications, Think Tank Technologies, Ocean Rock International, and most recently, The Flett Group of companies that includes Flett Ventures Inc., Flett Media Inc., and Flett Training Inc. He is recognized internationally as a leader in business motivation, turn-around strategy and business development.

In 2001, Christopher established Think Tank Coaching, now known as Flett Training. He has spoken to tens of thousands of people in groups from small, intimate settings of 20 in local Starbucks coffee houses to up to 2,500 people at the National Museum in Washington D.C. and Harvard University. He has also coached more than 1,800 business owners and entrepreneurs (75% women), encouraging and supporting what he calls "selfishly, selfless business ethics" and profit modeling.

Currently Christopher entertains and even shocks his audience with his always-lively presentation that takes his audience behind the scenes of what really happens at the office, in the boardroom and at the water cooler. It focuses on the dynamics of men and women at work and lets them in on the secret of What Men Don't Tell Women About Business.

No-shows will be charged.