Alison Fragale PhD, Author of Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve, Re-Release

Jun 24, 2025

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Re-Release: On this Live Greatly podcast episode, Kristel Bauer sits down with Alison Fragale PhD, organizational psychologist, professor and author of LIKEABLE BADASS: How Women Get the Success They Deserve. Alison and Kristel discuss status, why it matters and how to get it, ways to be assertive and likeable, why you should actually want people to be talking about you behind your back and lots more! Tune in now!

Key Takeaways From This Episode

What status is and why it matters
How to be assertive and likeable
How status can impact quality of life
Why you should actually want people to be talking about you behind your back
Tips to build your status
A look into Alison's book LIKEABLE BADASS: How Women Get the Success They Deserve

About Alison Fragale:

Alison Fragale is the Mary Farley Ames Lee Distinguished Scholar of Organizational Behavior at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School. As a research psychologist, award-winning professor, international keynote speaker, and author, she is on a mission to help others — especially women — use behavioral science to work and live better. Her scholarship has been published in the most prestigious academic journals in her field and featured in prominent media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Boston Globe, and Inc. She lives in Chicago with her husband and three children, who are all named after professional athletes.

Connect with Alison:

Order Likeable Badass: https://alisonfragale.com/book/

Website: https://alisonfragale.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonfragale/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alisonfragale/

About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer:

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel’s healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to “Live Greatly” while promoting leadership development and team building. Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more. Kristel has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine and she has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4’s WDAF-TV’s Great Day KC, and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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