Black and White Women in the Workplace

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"I'm interested in studying why black and white women have not made more progress as a collective in the workplace," she says. "When i talk to many black women, they don't trust white women, just point blank." A lot of white an assume a sisterhood with black women that black women do not feel,. She hopes there will be some kind of civil rights movement where black women and latina women and asian women really focused.

As leaders, we know we’re supposed to be authentic, but for women, that can be tricky. For one thing, it can be hard to even know what our “true selves” want with all the demands competing for our attention. For another, there are different expectations about how women should look, and behave. In this episode, we talk with an expert on authenticity, as well as a woman trying everyday to bring her best self to work and help others do the same. Guests: Tina Opie and Candice Morgan. Our theme music is Matt Hill’s “City in Motion,” provided by Audio Network. For links to the articles mentioned in this episode, as well as other information about the show, visit hbr.org/podcasts/women-at-work.