Sharing ideas and information brings us together. It supports unity and allows for cooperation. Withholding information, on the other hand, is one of the most powerful weapons women can use against other women. Not sharing goes against our expectations for women. When women, who are supposed to be caring and cooperative, withhold information or refuse to share ideas, we see it as treachery.
Sharing is fundamental to a cooperative environment.
Exchanging ideas and information strengthens the team by affirming the web of relationships that hold it together. Without sharing and trust, relationships break down. For women who seek cooperation with others as a base for job satisfaction and performance, an absence of sharing can create an intolerable situation. When we can exchange what we think and what we know, we build a powerful resource four ourselves and for our future. We must make every effort to trust and to extend trust so this resource can explain.