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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Young Jane approaches me (Senior Female) and praises me for my insightful questions and asks how she can be involved in Working Group I am on. WG has enough members, but I lean on mid-level Bob  to make room for Jane. I email Jane telling her she’s in. No response. Jane starts coming to meetings, Jane behaves in a coquettish manner, Jane does not add much value but that’s ok because she’s inexperienced. Jane does not engage with me. But now Jane has started flirting openly with Bob. It’s awkward, others have started noticing. Bob reciprocates a bit but does not encourage her.

What would you do? I brought her in do I feel responsible but don’t see a way to fix this dynamic. [/quote]

Lol I can’t believe this is real but just…continue doing your job? What are you trying to “fix?”[/quote]

The other WG members know that I advocated for Jane to be on it. But if Jane is not contributing much but derailing the WG, it reflects poorly on me. Part of me is inclined to let it go but the WG is going to meet through Fall so it’s going to be a while.[/quote]

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