Lisa Johnson Mandell

A new book by British author Catherine Hakim states that women need to use everything they’ve got, including sexual attraction, to get ahead in the workplace. “Honey Money” is causing quite a stir in Great Britain, and Fox 26 in Houston recently contacted me to weigh in on the subject on their evening news cast, via Skype.

While my camera wasn’t great and my mic sounded tinny, I feel pretty good about what I said. The woman I was supposed to be debating even came around to my point of view rather quickly. Basically, I said you need to use whatever you’ve got in your arsenal, because if you don’t, someone else will. If that includes looks and sex appeal, so be it. If it doesn’t include looks and sex appeal, you need to play up your other strengths in order to present yourself as the most attractive and engaging candidate out there — and “attractive” and “engaging” can mean a lot of different things.

See what you think:

Using Looks to Get Ahead: MyFoxHOUSTON.com