Renee Weisman was a Distinguished Engineer and Director of Engineering at IBM Corporation prior to retiring in 2008. Having spent nearly forty years in the heavily male dominated semiconductor engineering industry (often as the only woman), Renee learned firsthand how women can hold themselves back. The owner of Winning at Work Consulting, Renee now teaches others the secrets to her success. Renee is a featured writer for excelle.monster.com, smallbizlink.monster.com and for the Poughkeepsie Journal Young Professionals career page. You can visit her website at www.winning-at-work.net and you can sign up to receive articles with career advice periodically at winningatwork@gmail.com