For many men and women in religious workplaces, working together on mixed-gender teams is too often unsatisfying or ineffective. Women continue to grapple with traditions and theological understandings that don't welcome their leadership, while men and women both fall into the traps of miscommunication and counter-productive power struggles. Based on interviews and focus groups with women and men in a wide range of denominations, both Christian and Jewish, this book identifies nine change factors that aim to ensure men and women work together in mutually supportive ways. Animated by the real-life stories of teams who have overcome these obstacles, it provides a rationale for personal reflection and change, a call for systemic reform, and specific guidance for implementing change in the religious workplace.
