I’m a senior leader in an all male leadership team in education. Every meeting, my boss greeted me with ‘Hi, you look nice’ and my male colleagues with ‘Hi, good to see you.’ Eventually I pointed this out to him and asked him to just treat us all the same please. Next meeting: ‘Hi, you look nice, even though you don’t want me to say that anymore.’ After a few more weeks I got brave. Next meeting, I greeted him with ‘Hi, your skin looks lovely.’ He finally got it and has not mentioned my appearance since.
