Apart from annoying other people and alienating your female colleagues, you can find yourself passed over for promotion simply because male bosses don’t want to be perceived as giving you any ‘special favours’.

So what can you do?

Keep conversations at work on a strictly business level and keep conversations about extra-curricular activities clean!

Don’t get drawn into office banter that has sexual undertones (it’s better to be thought a prude than the opposite)

When dressing for work, think stylish rather than sexy

Leave the short skirts, tight tops and high heels to the weekend

Yes, you may have worked hard to get the figure you have and may strongly believe in Girl Power, but surely it’s better to get ahead based on your merits than how you look or who you flirt with.

Hannah McNamara is Managing Director of HRM Coaching Ltd in London.
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