Episode 352: What Holds Women Back in the Workplace with Sara Laschever

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Are you a woman who struggles with asking for what you want at work? This week we are talking about some of the things that hold women back in the workplace with guest, Sara Laschever! Sara is an authority on the challenges that shape women’s lives at work. She is the co-author, with Linda Babcock, of Women Don’t Ask, the groundbreaking study that first focused public attention on the forces preventing women from negotiating on their own behalf. I stumbled upon Sara’s work while doing research for my third book and I was fascinated. I am thrilled to have her on the show! In this episode you’ll hear: Some common obstacles women confront in the workplace and some ways in which they can overcome them. (5:35) The impact of subconscious biases on women in the workplace. (13:07) Direct or controlling behavior in men at work will often go unremarked, yet with women, we tend to mark it. (18:12) Some ways in which women can go through the process of evaluating their talents and target what will make their personal and professional lives more fulfilling. (19:31) Why most women find it hard to negotiate their salaries or ask for the things they want. Plus, some small steps they can take towards asking for what they really want.(22:22) Has the culture of work changed? I asked Sara if the struggle with negotiations is more of a Baby Boomer, Gen X, Millennial, or Gen Z generation problem? Listen in to hear her answer. (30:59) http://yourkickasslife.com/352 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.7	I understand that I completely credit why women feel a lot of anxiety before negotiating. It is
0:36.6	reasonable both because of all the social
0:39.0	forces discouraging women from asking, but also because it matters to us. If it's an important
0:44.8	negotiation, we have feelings about it. And that's reasonable and normal. So what I encourage women
0:50.4	to do is to role play in advance, to sit down and try to anticipate everything you're
0:57.3	scared about, everything that might hurt your feelings, make you mad, embarrass you,
1:01.5	maybe make you lose your composure, and then brief a friend or a colleague thoroughly about
1:06.5	it and play it through several times.
1:11.2	This is Your Kickass Life podcast, episode number 352 with guest Sarah Lashiver.
1:18.5	This is the Your Kickass Life podcast with Andrea Owen, a no BS guide to self-help and badassery.
1:27.0	Because ladies, let's face it, life's too short for it to not kick ass.
1:33.3	And here's your host, the girl who serves it up straight with a side of crazy.
1:38.2	Andrea Owen.
1:42.0	Hey there, ask kickers.
1:43.2	Welcome to another episode of the podcast. I am so glad and grateful that you are here. Hey, so I am getting towards the very end of writing my third book. Title still to be determined. And I only have a few thousand words left to write. And I also, I think I just need
2:03.8	one more story from y'all. So if you're listening to this and you are someone who maybe
2:10.9	identifies as someone who is an independent woman. So let me finish. Let me explain a little bit more.
2:18.2	So I'm looking specifically for someone who really kind of goes over the line into hyper-independence. So I'll give
2:25.2	you an example. Maybe you are someone who went through a really difficult time. You
2:30.9	maybe struggled with anxiety and depression or went through a really hard breakup or
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