If we really want to understand the state of women in the workforce, then having good data is essential. No one does this more effectively than the annual Women in the Workplace report from McKinsey and LeanIn.org. Now in its seventh year, it’s the largest annual benchmark on women’s progress in Corporate America. Host Laura Zarrow sits down with two of the report’s authors, McKinsey’s Jess Huang and LeanIn.org’s co-founder, Rachel Thomas, to discuss the most recent report and its disturbing implications, especially for women of color. Learn more about the report at womenintheworkplace.com and leanin.org. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on October 14, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Women@Work, host Laura Zarrow discusses women’s rights with Paula Avila-Guillen, the Executive Director of the Women’s Equality Center who has spent her career fighting for reproductive freedom—on the front lines and behind the scenes. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on September 30, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many of us understand very little about how influence works, often doubting our own capacity to influence others, and overestimating our ability to resist other people’s attempts at influencing us. Vanessa Bohns, author of YOU HAVE MORE INFLUENCE THAN YOU THINK: How We Underestimate our Power of Persuasion and Why it Matters joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss the surprising and complex way influence works. Learn more about Vanessa at vanessabohns.com. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on September 16, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Women@Work, Professor Tiziana Casciaro discusses her book Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business written with Professor Julie Battilana. Supported by their own original research in the field, the authors explain how everyone, including those historically on the margins of power, can build and use their own. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on September 9, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I feel like I’m supposed to do it all, and yet I feel like I’m hardly ever doing anything well.” Sound familiar? Pediatrician and working mom Dr. Whitney Casares says she heard this sentiment repeated frequently by moms in her pediatric practice. She explores the pressures modern moms face in her book The Working Mom Blueprint and sits down with host Laura Zarrow to talk about how working moms feel like they must be 24/7 “on” in all areas of their lives to be successful. Learn more about her at https://www.modernmommydoc.com/ where she’s working to help moms break the cycle of burnout in parenting. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on August 19, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrea Jones-Rooy is a true polymath who defies expectations and constraints to perform at the highest levels in multiple domains. In this animated and candid discussion, Andrea talks with Laura about how they learned to bring balance to their life and infuse their scientific career with depth and dimension through their lifelong pursuit of the arts. Learn more about Andrea at http://www.jonesrooy.com. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on July 1, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When schools shut down because of the global pandemic, much of the weight of childcare and education fell on the already burdened shoulders of working moms. Trailblazing women forged the path for their now career-aged daughters and younger counterparts, but being a working mom has become harder than ever before. Joann Lublin, Wall Street Journal career columnist, longtime working mom, and the author of POWER MOMS: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life, joins host Laura Zarrow to examine the emotional and professional challenges working moms face while juggling managerial careers and families. To learn more, check out https://www.joannlublin.com/. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on June 3, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sexual harassment is effectively an epidemic, experienced by as many as 8/10 women, but reported by only 20%. As much as workplace culture and zero-sum thinking contributes to the problem, its persistence has systemic roots in the forced arbitration agreements and NDAs that keep sexual harassment claims, and the victims themselves silenced and prone to revictimization. In this illuminating discussion, journalist Gretchen Carlson joins Laura to help us understand the danger in these mechanisms, and the steps we can all take to create a safer workplace for everyone. For more, check out www.gretchencarlson.com and www.liftourvoices.org. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on May 20, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Combat veteran, DEI leader, and global citizen Trier Bryant joins Laura to talk about her path from outsider to agent of change. Listen in as they pull the curtain back on Trier’s remarkable journey and shine a light on “Just Work,” the company she co-founded with Kim Scott that partners with organizations to teach them how to recognize and eliminate workplace injustice. For more, check out www.justworktogether.com. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on May 27, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Creating a just workplace and workplaces where we can just work is more intertwined than most people realize. In this discussion, Laura and Kim Scott examine the dynamics that undermine collaboration at work. Starting with bullying, bias, and discrimination, they consider the ways that we each experience harm and cause it to others. With her characteristic wit and insight, Kim teaches us how to stand up for ourselves as well as for one another, and build cultures where we can all do our best work, together. For more, check out justworktogether.com and radicalcandor.com. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on May 13, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.