Welcome to the broad experience, the show about women, the workplace and success.

I'm Ashley Melentight.

Almost every time I do an interview for this show, I'm left with a lot of good stuff that ends up not being included.

And this is in the interests of keeping the podcast short and focused.

But for a long time, I've wanted to revisit some of those interviews.

So this time, I'm bringing you a show with guests you may be familiar with using parts

of our conversation you haven't heard. One of the things we touch on today is how to make sure

your work is recognized. I will spend almost the same amount of time letting different people know what has been successfully completed

because otherwise people don't notice.

And what's it like being a man who advocates strongly and publicly for women in the workplace?

It is true that men, especially white men, often get upset by this, and that is the sound of people losing privilege.

And I understand that that must be frustrating.

Coming up, two women and two men on some of the micro and macro issues around women and work.

First, though, this episode of The Broad Experience is brought to you by Doodle.

Doodle is an online scheduling tool that makes it easy to schedule a meeting with one or more people,

and you know how that can get incredibly time-consuming over email. I use Doodle myself, and I'm going to

tell you more about it a bit later in the show. One of the most popular shows last year was number 47, authenticity versus conformity.

My second guest was advertising executive Lauren Tucker.

Lauren was wonderfully candid about her experiences at work over the years, including what it

means to be a black woman in a very white industry.

You may remember the part of the show where she talked about a client using the N-word down the phone.

She says that was just the most egregious example she could remember.

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