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Women at Work

Harvard Business Review

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

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Visibility at work is important for our professional advancement — and tricky, especially for women. In this live episode, we talk about navigating the risks and rewards of being in the spotlight, as well as the best ways to increase our visibility. Guest: Muriel Maignan Wilkins. Our theme music is Matt Hill’s “City In Motion,” provided by Audio Network.

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0:00.0	Once your business gets to a certain size, the cracks start to emerge.
0:05.0	Things you used to do in a day take a week.
0:08.0	You deserve a customized solution, and that's Net Suite. Learn more when you download NetSuite's popular
0:15.5	KPI checklist absolutely free at NetSuite.com slash women at work. That's NetSuite
0:22.3	dot com slash women at work. That's NetSuite.com
0:23.4	slash women at work.
0:27.1	Can I ask you about something that I have found makes me very uncomfortable with visibility?
0:36.3	You're listening to women at work on stage at Sixth and Eye, a synagogue and cultural center in Washington, D.C. We were there to talk about ways to raise our visibility at work,
0:46.0	because opportunities come to us when people in power see us
0:49.0	and know what we're up to.
0:51.0	But like Nicole's saying, visibility's tricky.
0:54.0	You know, I've always been told that my work should speak for itself and you shouldn't, you know,
0:58.6	brag about things that you're achieving or try to draw the spotlight to you.
1:03.0	And I wonder if you see that and if there's a way to overcome that discomfort.
1:08.0	Muriel Wilkins was our guest expert.
1:10.0	Muriel is a managing partner and co-founder of Paravus Partners, a consulting firm that helps people develop leadership skills.
1:17.0	She co-wrote the book, Own The Room.
1:20.0	Thank you.
1:22.0	Here's our producer Amanda Kirstie starting us off.
1:27.0	Thank you, Sixth and I for hosting us.
1:29.0	Thank you everybody who came out tonight.
1:31.0	I had a really good time chatting with some of you before we came up on the stage.
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