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Women at Work

Sisterhood Is Power

Women at Work

Harvard Business Review

Management, Entrepreneurship, Business/management, Human, Business/careers, Women, Careers, Hbr, Resources, Workplace, Gender, Business, Business/entrepreneurship, Harvard, Progress, Equality

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

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, learning about, and advocating for women who are different from us. Guests: Tina Opie and Verónica Rabelo. Our theme music is Matt Hill’s “City In Motion,” provided by Audio Network.

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Harvard Business School Executive Education develops leaders who make a difference in the world.

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In their programs, experience the power of fresh perspectives and connect with a world of new ideas.

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Learn more at HBS. Me slash work.

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That's HBS.

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M.E slash work.

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Both for opportunities of growing in that. work.

0:23.0

Both for opportunities of growing in that work environment as well as dealing with difficult situations

0:28.3

in the work environment.

0:29.7

I found that the sisterhood really enabled myself and others to thrive.

0:33.4

When one of you emailed us about what she called an incredible sisterhood at work

0:38.0

that I didn't even know was possible, we asked her to tell us about it.

0:41.6

The power is really in both the professional and the personal outcomes of it.

0:47.0

You know, they certainly start out as professional relationships,

0:50.0

but those three women, the black director that that I got hired by that is now

0:56.2

gone on to be a black female vice president but then also the white female vice

0:59.8

president and then my my peer who is you know a

1:03.6

Latino lesbian the four of us not not that we all have

1:08.4

individual strong relationships but we're connected with one another.

1:12.8

I think what we gain from that is this ability

1:15.6

to show up to work and be proud,

1:18.1

but then also support one another both explicitly

1:21.0

and implicitly.

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