What Works for Women at Work

“Joan C. Williams and Rachel Dempsey, mother and daughter, have written a book that every working woman should read. It is also a book that every man who works with women should read,” writes New America Foundation president Anne-Marie Slaughter in her foreword to the new book What Works for Women at Work. In this groundbreaking book, Williams and Dempsey identify four patterns of gender bias with which nearly every working woman in the country can identify and, perhaps more importantly, they offer hands-on career advice for women to overcome these obstacles.

Described by the New York Times Magazine as having “something approaching rock star status” in the field of work and family issues, Joan C. Williams knows intimately the biases women face in the workplace. In writing this book, Ms. Williams and Ms. Dempsey paired with The New Girls Network, an all-star list of Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, bestselling writers, partners at major consulting firms and rainmakers at some of the biggest law firms in the world, to identify strategies that successful women have used to get where they are today. Culled through interviews with 127 successful women (over half of them women of color) What Works for Women at Work is an inspiring but practical guide for every modern-day working woman, regardless of where she is in her career.

The New America Foundation hosted a discussion with Joan C. Williams, Rachel Dempsey, and Anne-Marie Slaughter on how to overcome gender bias and succeed in your career.

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