Women at Work

A woman shares her experiences leaving corporate life to build her own business. She discusses her fears, managing money, battling loneliness, and finding happiness working for herself.

Learn about the benefits and challenges of joining a board as women share their experiences. Discover the opportunities in healthcare sector board positions and the relationship between nonprofit and corporate board work. Explore the functions and responsibilities of boards, the importance of networking, and the time commitment involved in board membership.

Amy B and Amy G offer advice on navigating leadership without formal authority, handling difficult decisions as a first time manager, dealing with a difficult boss, starting fresh after a toxic job, and navigating organizational subculture and building trust. They provide practical strategies and insights to help listeners overcome workplace challenges and navigate various professional situations.

The podcast discusses the importance of sharing emotions at work, strategies for effectively expressing emotions, handling crying in the workplace, managing emotional outbursts, evolving expectations of emotional expression, and considering the impact of one's message on others.

In this podcast, the hosts delve into the decision-making process behind changing last names after marriage. They discuss personal reflections, experiences, and challenges related to keeping or changing last names, as well as the impact on personal branding and career. They also explore the cultural implications in Japan and share insights on societal expectations and individual choices.

Psychologist Kathleen Nadeau and life coach Kristen Carder discuss how ADHD manifests in women and the role of hormonal fluctuations. They highlight coping mechanisms that could be making life harder and give advice on creating structure and accountability in the workplace. They also explore the impact of perfectionism on careers and the importance of support for women with ADHD.

Meredith Koch and Nicole Bettè, engineers who use wheelchairs, discuss navigating the workplace with a disability. They share experiences of support and lack thereof, giving lessons for managers. They emphasize the importance of accommodation requests and highlights the need for inclusive workplaces.

The hosts discuss their own major failures, the importance of recognizing when a situation is not right and making a change, the value of discerning decisions, a reflection on a pricing project gone wrong, the concept of setting healthy boundaries and not internalizing others' expectations, the power of sincere apologies and resilience, and embracing failure and practicing self-compassion for career growth.

Recover from failure, serving on a board, career aspirations and marriage names, divorce's impact at work, disability understanding and assistive technology, taking sabbatical and gaining clarity, challenges of ADHD in the workplace, personal growth and challenging tasks

When you see potential for your company to improve in some way—whether it’s to overhaul an outdated policy, round out benefits, or to make jobs more workable, how can you instigate change? Three women who Amy B interviewed during Women at Work’s April 27 live virtual event saw that potential and carried it through, to programs and policies that are making a difference: Myra Orndoff, a senior manager at Capital One, campaigned for the company to create more part-time tech jobs after she went part time herself as a way to stay in the workforce while raising four kids. Stephanie LeBlanc, who leads Google’s global programming for women of color, launched and continues to refine an annual summit that’s become a focal point of the multinational’s DEI strategy because of the positive effects it’s had on retention and advancement. Becky Guenther persuaded Rehmann, the financial services firm where she leads HR, to give its employees free maternity, eldercare, and mental health counseling. What can we learn from their advocacy and persuasion skills? How are they tracking their programs’ impact on women’s health, representation, and job satisfaction—and what are the results so far? How can you follow their lead? They fill us in. Resources: “How to Push for Policy Changes at Your Company,” by Women at Work “Rekindling a Sense of Community at Work,” by Christine Porath and Carla Piñeyro Sublett “To Implement Change, You Don’t Need to Convince Everyone at Once,” Greg Satell “7 Metrics to Measure Your Organization’s DEI Progress,” by Lee Jourdan Sign up for the Women at Work newsletter. Email us: womenatwork@hbr.org