If you're in a work situation where you don't feel sufficient connection, you can do something to change the situations. They haunted us in eighth grade and mined the fields of high school. When cliques form, an exaggerated sense of commitment to a group can hold us back from moving one to new and better opportunities. The word makes women shudder. Its pejorative connotation carries images of exclusion, narrowness, and collective meanness.
Cliques are a challenge to positive women working with women relationship.
We can confront cliques and create a more open, inclusive workplace. And as more and more women-owned businesses start up and hire women, we should be aware of the possibilities of cliques so we can stop them before they even start. The value and comfort of connection is lost when women put up walls. We need to acknowledge connection, and we need to make it available to everyone. Building relationships take times.