Kreamer

For all the advances in recent years, Ms. Kreamer argues, women may once again be their own worst enemies.

Emotion Among the Cubicles Clare McHugh 2011

As she listened to her boss's ravings, Ms. Kreamer says, she knew that she had done nothing wrong—and besides, the $25 million, as nice as it was, amounted to a pittance in Viacom's overall earnings.

Emotion Among the Cubicles Clare McHugh 2011

As an executive at the TV cable network Nickelodeon in 1993, Ms. Kreamer made a deal with Sony to create Nickelodeon home videos.

Emotion Among the Cubicles Clare McHugh 2011

Passion certainly underlies innovation, and anxiety fuels attention to detail and planning, as Ms. Kreamer notes, but anger may be the toughest emotion to "sell" as a positive.

Emotion Among the Cubicles Clare McHugh 2011

Anne Kreamer entered the professional ranks just before I did and absorbed the same crying-equals-weakness doctrine.

Emotion Among the Cubicles Clare McHugh 2011

She could have thrown "a reciprocal tantrum," Ms. Kreamer points out; instead she decided to commission a market-research study that "fleshed out the logic behind her otherwise seemingly emotionally based decision."

Emotion Among the Cubicles Clare McHugh 2011

Image Copyright Yale University Art Gallery, 2008 But to return, first, to the core issue of crying: I am relieved, as someone who has on occasion bolted to the restroom with rapidly filling eyes, that Ms. Kreamer finds crying to be not only commonplace but often appropriate, a natural release that can be "transformative."

Emotion Among the Cubicles Clare McHugh 2011

For her new book, "It's Always Personal," Anne Kreamer teamed with ad agency J.

Read It and Weep, Crybabies Katherine Rosman 2011

Throughout this heartfelt book, Ms. Kreamer comes down on the side of accepting and expressing one's authentic feelings, though in sensible and constructive ways.

Emotion Among the Cubicles Clare McHugh 2011

Ms. Kreamer also uses personal stories from others to illustrate her main point: that because an emotionless office is not possible, it is up to bosses and workers alike to find a way to express their feelings appropriately—which does not mean hiding passion, anger, anxiety or tears.

Emotion Among the Cubicles Clare McHugh 2011