
Instructor, Caroline Bender
As part of our occasional field guide to the wild creatures in your workplace, the Finishing School presents a general overview and wrangler's manual to The High-Strung Filly.
General characteristics:
sex: female. There are high-strung colts in the workplace, but they are rarely dangerous, until they become stallions.
aged: any, but usually peaks between 25 and 40
breed: hotshot new manager, newly promoted middle manager, imported rock star, freshly-minted MBA, Boss's stable queen, etc.
markings: edgy business couture, PDA, stack heels, smart-girl glasses, office-to-evening hair, expensive bag, couldn't-be-bothered...