Working from home sounds like the perfect gig. What’s not to like about videoconferencing in your slippers, ditching the daily commute, and getting out from under your boss’s watchful eye? Plenty, actually!

Take it from someone who’s freelanced for four years, working from home may sound like a dream (all right, in some ways it is), but before you want to bludgeon me in my bathrobe, know that it does have its...

“She never returns her calls.”

“We rushed to get them the estimate to meet their deadline and now they won’t tell us what’s happening with the project.”

“I stayed late to finish that report and didn’t even get as much as a thank you for it.”

How many times have you heard professional women make remarks like these?  It seems that in the rush to deal with everyday life and work, it has become O.K. to ignore common courtesy, like returning phone calls or letting someone know you...