Welcome, michelle king. Author of the fix. Guest hi. Thank you for having me. Host its a pleasure to have you here. This is such an important book because its not just about the problems that women face in the workplace. Its so focused on solutions, and i love your key insight which is that we tend to give advice to women, a lot of books and con friends for women, telling them what they need to do and how they need to change. We need to lean in, we need negotiate more, and if were too nice well never get the corner office. What you point out is the truth is that women actually dont need fixing. Were not the ones that are broken. What is broken is the workplace, and as we know, workplaces were designed by men, for men, when women try to act like men, it has not work out very well for us. And i love how you put it. You say we need to call a timeout on the women fixing epidemic. And as you point out, of course, michelle, gender equality is not just about women. Your book, the fix, i is no
It just about the problems. Its focus on solutions, and i love your key insight for just that we tend to give advice to women and the resulting books and conferences telling them what they need to change. We need to negotiate more and we will never get the corner office. But what you point out is we are not the ones that are broken. Whats broken is the workplace and as we know they were designed by a man for men when women try to act like men it hasnt worked out well for us and i love how you put it. We need to call a timeout on the women fixing epidemic and as you point out, gender and quality isnt just about women. It isnt just about women but its all of us and about making the workplace better for everyone. So thank you, welcome. Your book provides a guide. Why dont we dived right in here. If you could share with us what is your own background that brought you to this place . Guest its funny ive been researching this for many years looking at why women are not moving at the same rat
One of the great things about spending a considerable amount of time every day in offices - and don t let this on to your HRD - is the utter pleasure of spending an inordinate time listening to office banter. As your day progresses, colleagues (calling them co-workers doesn t increase productivity) start getting more voluble, social, things that WFH does not provide.