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Women at Work

We’re Beyond Stretched

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

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Women from around the world tell us how the coronavirus crisis is impacting them both professionally and personally. We share how we've been coping and give advice for handling all of this extra stress. Guests: Aliya Hamid Rao and Ruchika Tulshyan. 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

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0:15.5

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0:22.3

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0:27.0

I am showing up at best 50% at the time. The organization I work for has been very empathetic

0:36.1

in understanding that there's not just me,

0:38.2

there's many men and women who write

0:41.8

are at home home young children,

0:43.7

backstage children and trying to do their best and at home school

0:46.6

and be present at work and so there's an understanding thankfully.

0:50.8

So that's been breeding its own, you know, inner imposed guilt because I like to show up 100%.

0:58.6

And so when I can't, it's been really stressful.

1:02.3

And then obviously we get upset we got worked up and our kids

1:05.3

feel that energy.

1:07.0

So it's this sort of continuous cycle of this guilt and hurt in my heart.

1:12.8

You're listening to women at work from Harvard Business Review.

1:19.6

I'm Amy Bernstein.

1:20.9

I'm Amy Gallo.

1:22.4

As we just heard, managing work has gotten a lot more intense for many of us.

1:27.0

And amid this global crisis, it's comforting to be starting our fifth season.

1:32.0

Knowing that over the next several weeks we'll have this space

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