Women@Work

Laura Zarrow talks with Rare Breed co-authors and Motto co-founders Sunny Bonnell and Ashleigh Hansberger. Tune in to their conversation about how their experiences shaped their vision, challenged their skills, and motivated them to push the boundaries on how we all define successful characteristics in the workplace. Want more? Visit Motto at https://wearemotto.com/ or learn about their book Rare...

Tune in as Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama, discusses her memoir, Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward, and provides a master class on transformative and inclusive leadership . With remarkable warmth and candor, Valerie gives language to the challenges regularly faced by underrepresented groups (and working moms), and inspires us all with personal s...

Renowned educational leader and advocate for women in computer science, Lynn Andrea Stein pulls back the curtain on her work with Olin College of Engineering to bring genuine innovation to the education of our future scientists and engineers. Starting with their unusually gender-balanced student body, and their culture of collaborative curiosity and experimentation, Lynn explains Olin College of E...

NYTimes bestselling author, Miriam Peskowitz sits down with Laura to share the funny, frustrating and inspiring stories of her own career, and the ideas at the heart of her books, including The Truth About the Mommy Wars , The Daring Book for Girls and her most recent- Code Like a Girl . Miriam walks us through her surprising career transitions, and inspires us find the power and joy that comes fr...

Laura and Jessica Mason, Senior Policy Analyst at The National Partnership for Women & Families, unpack the data behind the figures we see in the headlines and the role of federal policy in protecting everyone in the workforce. Listen in as Jessica connects the dots between the gender pay gap, healthcare, reproductive rights, and economic security. Want more? Visit the National Partnership for...

Martha Grant, Product Manager for CRM Action Builder, discusses how she builds technology to help grass roots organizers connect to each other, with the optimistic view that together we can create the future – and world – that we deserve. In the second half of our show, we sit down to discuss real data, and what it tells us about the impact of federal policy changes on women, girls, and the e...

Laura sits down with Meredith Ochs, an award-winning broadcast journalist, author, musician, and photographer. She is a longtime contributor to NPR, the first female editor at Guitar World magazine, and the author of Rock-and-Roll Woman: The 50 Fiercest Female Rockers. They talk about the women who broke the mold of “girl singer” to become writers, arrangers, producers, and cultural icons, fueled...

Are you looking to get a board seat? Not sure how to do it? Laura’s guest, Jill Griffin, author of Earn Your Seat On A Corporate Board, talks about getting into the room where it happens. Jill provides practical advice about creating and customizing a board resume, knowing your niche, finding vacancies, and promoting yourself to the influencers. Jill speaks about the power in how you dress, the im...

In the era of #MeToo, how has your workplace changed? Laura speaks with Julia Taylor Kennedy, Executive Vice President at the Center for Talent Innovation about the study behind their HBR article,  Ending Harassment at Work Requires an Intersectional Approach . Julia talks about what the data revealed about the role of power men and women’s experience of harassment in the workplace, and why p...

Laura attends the New York Times New Rules Summit in Brooklyn, where the country’s thought leaders and change agents gathered to create a road map for advancing women in the workplace. Tune in to the session with Anita Hill, and Laura’s conversations with Eilene Zimmerman, a NYT journalist covering the New Rules Summit, William Browning, Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer...

Jean Chatzky, financial editor of NBC Today talks with Laura about her new book, Women with Money. Jean explains how our feelings unintentionally put money into motion, and digs into womens’ ‘money stories” – including Laura and Jean’s- to help us each see how our individual emotional needs shape not just our bank accounts, and how we live our lives as a result. Visit https://www.hermoney.com/ Ori...

Elizabeth Vale, Distinguished Fellow at Penn’s Fels Institute of Public Policy joins Laura for a conversation that is as rich as Elizabeth’s own career. Listen in as she talks about her work on Wall Street, teaches us all about the value of downshifting, and how the same money that brings freedom, can easily become “golden handcuffs”. She shares the story of how her political activism launched a s...

In this episode, Laura connects with two distinguished Wharton alumnae, Grace Vandercruz and Shaz Kahng. Grace, Founder and Managing Director at Grace Global Capital, talks about growing up in a large family and how the female role models in her life impacted her love and dedication to education. This immigration story embodies the power of education in America’s meritocracy. Shaz reflects on her...

Laura speaks with Kristine Lilley, US Women’s Soccer two-time Olympic Champion, and Dr. Lynette Gillis, Associate Provost at Concordia University, kick around their ideas of why team sports can teach us about teams in the workplace. Kristine and Lynette open up about their unexpected partnership and their book, Powerhouse , which focuses on the four pillars of a team: transform, empower, achieve,...

Jessica Bennett, first ever Gender Editor of the New York Times, returns to Women@Work to share her sharp insight and humor with Laura. They discuss the New York Times commitment to serve its female readers (and society at large) by chronicling the critical gender issues of our time. Want more? Check out https://www.nytimes.com/by/jessica-bennett . Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on May 1,...

Laura dives deep with Cecile Richards, the former President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the author of Make Trouble: Stand Up, Speak Out, and Find the Courage to Lead. Cecile opens up about her activism, private life, and all she learned from her mother, the groundbreaking Governor of Texas, Ann Richards. Listen in as Cecile gives us both the tactical advice and inspiration...

Laura sits down with Katy Milkman and Edward Chang to discuss the surprising findings of Wharton People Analytics’ recent research study on bias intervention and behavior change. Tune in as they discuss the purpose and problem of stereotyping, the power of nudges, and the most promising strategies for creating inclusive workplaces! Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on April 10, 2019 on Siriu...

Laura connects with Reshma Soujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, and author of  Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More and Live Bolder,  to discuss breaking down the fear of not being good enough as not just an uncomfortable emotion - but as a fundamental barrier to our ability to live fully realized lives. Listen in as Reshma explains the power bravery has to free us from the ty...

Are you up in the middle of the night stewing over yesterday’s meeting? Confused as to why you sent a simple email and your colleague basically declared war in response? Or are you an introverted, working mom who has no intention of attending the all-team trip to the baseball game on Friday night? Laura’s guest, Liz Fosslien co-author and inspired illustrator of No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power...

Join Laura and Deb DeHaas, Vice Chairman and National Managing Partner of the Center for Board Effectiveness at Deloitte, as they speak about Deloitte’s corporate board diversity report, Missing Pieces . How do you get on a corporate board? And how can more underrepresented candidates get into that pipeline? Listen in as Deb answers these questions and talks with Laura on how to bring diversity an...

Laura speaks with Jane Mosbacher Morris, Founder and CEO of  To The Market , former Director of Humantarian Action for the McCain institute for International Leadership, and author of  Buy the Change You Want to See: Use Your Purchasing Power to Make the World a Better Place .   Listen in as Jane explains how we can shop smarter, and the life changing economic impact...

Laura talks with activist at large, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising and Board President of the MomsRising Education Fund on the importance of the Paycheck Fairness Act, and the combination of issues that women, moms, and families across this country are facing. Kristin details her inspiration for activism, and why with steady work, no matter how small our efforts,...

Laura talks with Patti Williams, newly appointed Academic Director of Wharton Executive Education’s Executive Development Program about the personal and professional factors that are necessary for women to move into organizational leadership, and the principles behind the design of Wharton’s two-week program. Listen in as Patti shares her own story of stepping in...

Listen in as Ruth Zukerman, founder of both SoulCycle and Flywheel, talks with Laura about how she parlayed her personal passion of indoor cycling, her natural networking skills, and her past teaching experience into two highly successful businesses that help people become better versions of themselves every day.  Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on January 9, 2019 on SiriusXM's Busine...

What does woman’s anger mean to you? Laura speaks to Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger, about the complexity of the emotion and how it is both triggered and addressed (or not) within our culture.  Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on December 19, 2018 on SiriusXM's Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School, Channel 132 Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...