The Advice We Get and Give

Women at Work

Harvard Business Review

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

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🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Professional women get all kinds of advice — some of it helpful, some of it really unhelpful, and some of it nice-sounding but pretty impossible to use. We question some of the classic advice women get (and give) on asking for more money, achieving more by doing less, and not burning out. Guests: Ashleigh Shelby Rosette, Arianna Huffington, Tiffany Dufu, Susan Orlean, and Alison Beard. Our theme music is Matt Hill’s “City In Motion,” provided by Audio Network. For links to the articles mentioned in this episode, as well as other information about the show, visit hbr.org/podcasts/women-at-work.

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0:00.0	Harvard Business School Executive Education develops leaders who make a difference in the world.
0:06.0	In their programs, experience the power of fresh perspectives and connect with a world of new ideas.
0:13.0	Learn more at HBS. Me slash work.
0:17.0	That's HBS. M.E. slash work.
0:23.0	From Harvard Business Review, this is Women at Work.
0:29.0	I'm Sarah Green Carmichael Executive Editor.
0:34.8	I'm Nicole Torres Associate Editor.
0:36.9	And I'm Amy Bernstein editor of HBO.
0:39.6	For our season finale, we're talking about the advice
0:42.0	women get about work. Like someone once told me, which was. In'
0:45.0	in finale, we're talking about the advice women get about work.
0:43.0	Like someone once told me, which was really useful,
0:46.0	you know, Sarah, it's not your job to be liked.
0:48.0	That's actually excellent advice.
0:50.0	And we asked you to tell us the best and worst advice you've got.
0:54.0	Here's what some of you said.
0:56.0	The best advice so far has been to make sure that I maintain visibility of my work in front of others
1:02.0	so that it's not lost out and all my hard work is seen.
1:06.0	Don't defend ask questions because when you ask questions you take that control.
1:11.0	Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
1:14.0	And don't be afraid to make your own rules.
1:16.0	So the worst advice I would say is somebody once told me
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