To get your point across in the United States, you have to stand up for yourself -- whether you are a man or a woman.
This is one of the lessons Yukako Uchinaga, head of IBM Japan Ltd.'s software development lab, learned during her visits abroad.
When presenting in English, "my feet are apart, one hand in my pocket," she said.
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