Hello, my friends, and welcome to another exciting episode of Negotiate Anything.

This show is produced by the American Negotiation Institute, and with over 5 million downloads

and listeners in over 180 countries, listeners just like you have made this the number one

negotiation podcast in the world.

Hi, my name is Kwame Christian and I am the founder and

CEO of the American Negotiation Institute. Here at A&I, we believe that the best things in life are

on the other side of difficult conversations and we are passionate about providing you with the best

content that will help you to make your difficult conversations easier, both at work

and at home. Lastly, I want to remind you that we offer consulting and conduct trainings, both

virtually and in person, all around the world. Our focus is in three main areas. First, negotiation and

conflict resolution, second, leadership, and lastly, diversity, equity, and

inclusion. Check the link in the description below to learn more about how we could work with you

and your team. And now, without further ado, let's jump into the interview.

Kate, thanks for joining us today. Thanks for having me.

Yeah, it is our pleasure.

I've been excited for this for quite a bit now.

So how would you get us started by telling us a little bit about yourself and what you do?

So I wrote a book called The Good Boss, Nine Ways, Every Manager Can Support Women at Work.

And it's based on a lot of my own observations over the first

couple decades of my career. So I started out in the very male-dominated field of investment

banking and worked in finance and mergers and acquisitions first at Goldman Sachs and then

moved over into the education industry and worked worked my way up for

...