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Quaylin, thanks for joining us today.

My pleasure.

Yes, and it is a pleasure to have you, my friend. So how would we get this started by

telling us a little bit about it yourself and what you do?

Absolutely. I'm Quailen, Ellen Grude. I'm a senior partner at

McKinsey and co-author of The Broken Rung, a book to help women navigate their careers more effectively.

And actually, we just released about two weeks ago and found out that we made number four on the

USA Today bestseller list. So very excited.

Congratulations. That's a massive accomplishment. And so for the listeners today, I want you to really set the stage. So if the people, for the person who's listening today, if they were

to take what we're talking about and put it into action, what really changes in their life?

They will more proactively make career choices that help them in the near term, in the

medium term, and in the long term. A few examples. They will pick companies that help them

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