Women face gender discrimination throughout our careers. It doesn't have to derail our ambitions — but how do we prepare to deal with it? There's no workplace orientation session about narrowing the wage gap, standing up to interrupting male colleagues, or taking on many other issues we encounter at work. So HBR staffers Amy Bernstein, Amy Gallo, and Emily Caulfield are untangling some of the knottiest problems. They interview experts on gender, tell stories about their own experiences, and give lots of practical advice to help you succeed in spite of the obstacles.
162 episodes transcribedWomen at Work is back April 15 with stories, conversations, and practical advice about being a woman in the workplace. Expect to hear from us every Mo...
Amy Gallo is a contributing editor for HBR, an expert on conflict and difficult conversations, a prolific giver of advice — and now she takes up the b...
In this special live episode, we share stories, research, and practical advice for strategic self-disclosure, and then take questions from the audienc...
Women will be a stronger force against sexism and racism at work if we know and trust each other. We talk through best practices for listening to, lea...
We bring you three stories about parental leave, from listeners whose experiences with it changed them, for better or for worse. They talk about havin...
We hold ourselves back when we let differences like race or class divide us from other women. We talk about the very different experiences and profess...
If you’re your family’s chief breadwinner, research suggests that the pressure you’re feeling is different from what men have been dealing with for eo...
Women have to work harder to be recognized for our ideas. And that recognition is essential for getting the assignments and the promotions we deserve...
Perfectionist tendencies are a trap that can be difficult to avoid, but we’ll be more productive and advance faster if we don’t worry so much about ma...
Both male and female managers tend to give women low-quality feedback. And when we don’t hear how we’re really doing at work and what we can do to imp...
Being a great decision maker is uniquely challenging for women. It’s not us; it’s sexism. Stereotypes about the way we make calls can be insulting and...
Women around the world have access to vastly different amounts of paid parental leave. In some countries, they can take a year or more. In the U.S., t...
Women are expected and asked to do thankless tasks — order lunch, handle less-valued clients — more than men, and research shows that doing those task...
Women at Work is back Sept. 17 with stories, conversations, and practical advice about women and work. Expect to hear from us every Monday for the nex...
We’re delighted to be making more episodes for you. And we’re asking you to help shape this next season to fit what you’re dealing with and needing gu...
Professional women get all kinds of advice — some of it helpful, some of it really unhelpful, and some of it nice-sounding but pretty impossible to us...
While once accusations of sexual harassment would be met with — at most — a monetary settlement and a non-disclosure agreement, today they are more li...
The gender wage gap is the lifetime financial curse that punishes so many of us. What’s going on in women’s careers that causes us to earn so much les...
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 selve...
Simmering resentments over whose career comes first. Bickering over household tasks. Arguments over who should pick up the kids this time. This is the...
