An essential resource for any working woman, "What Works for Women at Work" is a comprehensive guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Williams, one of the nation's most-cited experts on women and work, and her daughter, writer Rachel Dempsey, the book offers a multi-generational perspective into the realities of today's workplace.
Based on interviews with 127 successful working women, over half of them women of color, "What Works for Women at Work" includes 35 years of research and presents a toolkit for getting ahead in today's workplace.
Williams and Dempsey's analysis of working women goes beyond the one-size-fits-all approaches of most career guides for women. They weave real-life anecdotes from the women they interviewed, along with advice like a "New Girl Action Plan," ways to "Take Care of Yourself" and even "Comeback Lines" for dealing with sexual harassment and other difficult situations.
Upbeat, pragmatic and full of advice, the book is an indispensable guide for working women.
Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law, Hastings Foundation Chair and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Her path-breaking work helped create the field of work-family studies and modern workplace flexibility policies, reshaping the conversation about work, gender and class.
Rachel Williams Dempsey is an attorney at Outten & Golden, a national employment law firm, where she represents employees in sex and race discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, and misclassification class action lawsuits.
This event is presented in partnership with the 92Y as part of the 7 Days of Genius Festival, a global festival celebrating the power of genius. For one week, people around the world come together to discuss, debate and incubate new genius ideas to improve lives everywhere. Come celebrate the genius of women in the workplace.
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Based on interviews with 127 successful working women, over half of them women of color, "What Works for Women at Work" includes 35 years of research and presents a toolkit for getting ahead in today's workplace.
Williams and Dempsey's analysis of working women goes beyond the one-size-fits-all approaches of most career guides for women. They weave real-life anecdotes from the women they interviewed, along with advice like a "New Girl Action Plan," ways to "Take Care of Yourself" and even "Comeback Lines" for dealing with sexual harassment and other difficult situations.
Upbeat, pragmatic and full of advice, the book is an indispensable guide for working women.
Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law, Hastings Foundation Chair and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Her path-breaking work helped create the field of work-family studies and modern workplace flexibility policies, reshaping the conversation about work, gender and class.
Rachel Williams Dempsey is an attorney at Outten & Golden, a national employment law firm, where she represents employees in sex and race discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, and misclassification class action lawsuits.
This event is presented in partnership with the 92Y as part of the 7 Days of Genius Festival, a global festival celebrating the power of genius. For one week, people around the world come together to discuss, debate and incubate new genius ideas to improve lives everywhere. Come celebrate the genius of women in the workplace.
An essential resource for any working woman, "What Works for Women at Work" is a comprehensive guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Williams, one of the nation's most-cited experts on women and work, and her daughter, writer Rachel Dempsey, the book offers a multi-generational perspective into the realities of today's workplace.
Based on interviews with 127 successful working women, over half of them women of color, "What Works for Women at Work" includes 35 years of research and presents a toolkit for getting ahead in today's workplace.
Williams and Dempsey's analysis of working women goes beyond the one-size-fits-all approaches of most career guides for women. They weave real-life anecdotes from the women they interviewed, along with advice like a "New Girl Action Plan," ways to "Take Care of Yourself" and even "Comeback Lines" for dealing with sexual harassment and other difficult situations.
Upbeat, pragmatic and full of advice, the book is an indispensable guide for working women.
Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law, Hastings Foundation Chair and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Her path-breaking work helped create the field of work-family studies and modern workplace flexibility policies, reshaping the conversation about work, gender and class.
Rachel Williams Dempsey is an attorney at Outten & Golden, a national employment law firm, where she represents employees in sex and race discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, and misclassification class action lawsuits.
This event is presented in partnership with the 92Y as part of the 7 Days of Genius Festival, a global festival celebrating the power of genius. For one week, people around the world come together to discuss, debate and incubate new genius ideas to improve lives everywhere. Come celebrate the genius of women in the workplace.
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Based on interviews with 127 successful working women, over half of them women of color, "What Works for Women at Work" includes 35 years of research and presents a toolkit for getting ahead in today's workplace.
Williams and Dempsey's analysis of working women goes beyond the one-size-fits-all approaches of most career guides for women. They weave real-life anecdotes from the women they interviewed, along with advice like a "New Girl Action Plan," ways to "Take Care of Yourself" and even "Comeback Lines" for dealing with sexual harassment and other difficult situations.
Upbeat, pragmatic and full of advice, the book is an indispensable guide for working women.
Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law, Hastings Foundation Chair and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Her path-breaking work helped create the field of work-family studies and modern workplace flexibility policies, reshaping the conversation about work, gender and class.
Rachel Williams Dempsey is an attorney at Outten & Golden, a national employment law firm, where she represents employees in sex and race discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, and misclassification class action lawsuits.
This event is presented in partnership with the 92Y as part of the 7 Days of Genius Festival, a global festival celebrating the power of genius. For one week, people around the world come together to discuss, debate and incubate new genius ideas to improve lives everywhere. Come celebrate the genius of women in the workplace.
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