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Women face gender discrimination throughout our careers. It doesn't have to derail our ambitions — but how do we prepare to deal with it? There's no workplace orientation session about narro...

Episodes

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That’s Our Show

This episode marks the end of a show that’s meant so much to us. Amy Bernstein and Amy Gallo say goodbye, answer two last Ask the Amys quest...

33:36Jul 7, 2025

Ask the Amys: Sabotaging Bosses, Irritating Employees, and More

What if your boss turns against you the minute you ask for a promotion? Or you struggle with strategic thinking and keep getting feedback th...

30:24Jun 30, 2025

Let Go of the Beliefs That Limit How You Lead

Many of us have internal beliefs—I need it done now, I know I’m right, I need to be involved—that feel like truth but actually hold us back...

34:30Jun 16, 2025

Managing Up, One Conversation at a Time

Have you ever realized, mid-project, that you and your boss weren’t aligned on what success looked like or how to get there? Executive coach...

37:32Jun 2, 2025

What We Can Learn from Taylor Swift

When our colleague Kevin Evers wrote There’s Nothing Like This: The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift, we knew we had to talk about it. For s...

16:51May 19, 2025

What to Share, What to Hold Back

Self-disclosure at work can build trust and connection, but it also comes with risks. In one of our earliest episodes, the late Columbia pro...

48:43May 5, 2025

The Difference You Can Make in a Recent Grad’s Career

Young women are entering the workforce full of potential but without some of the interpersonal skills they need to succeed and advance. That...

24:34Apr 21, 2025

Ask the Amys: Favoritism, Unsupportive Managers, and More

Imagine having a direct report who sobs every time you give them feedback. Or leading a team of people who’ve told your boss they don’t trus...

35:00Apr 7, 2025

The Essentials: Asking Purposeful Questions

Purposeful questions do more than clarify details—they reveal how you think and demonstrate leadership potential. Amy Gallo talks with a pro...

40:43Mar 24, 2025

Getting Along with an Insecure Tormentor

What do you do when a formerly supportive boss turns against you? Amy G advises a project manager who still believes in her team, just not t...

37:52Mar 10, 2025

Starting March 10, More Amys, More Often!

After 10 seasons, Women at Work is changing things up for the better. We’re shifting to a new, year-round schedule, releasing a new episode...

2:09Mar 3, 2025

We’re Asking for (and Getting) What We Want

What could you achieve if you asked for what you truly want at work? Amy Gallo and four listeners embraced Alison Fragale’s “nos challenge,”...

43:19Dec 9, 2024

How to Leap Mid-Career from One Industry to Another

When you realize the line of work you’ve been in for years doesn’t interest you anymore or is in decline or won’t ever pay well enough, what...

54:30Dec 2, 2024

Consumed by Caregiving

A past guest recounts how she burned out, quit her job, intended to get a new job after taking a breather, and then didn’t for over a year....

40:39Nov 25, 2024

Working While Parenting a Teen: Not What I Expected

Do you expect to have more time for yourself and for your career as your kids become teens and young adults? Amy G did. If you too are getti...

52:33Nov 18, 2024

Chats, Bots, and Prompts: Make GenAI Work for You

There’s something about hearing how other women are making the most of LLMs that can turn even the most GenAI-avoidant among us GenAI-curiou...

56:17Nov 11, 2024

When Anxiety Interferes with Work

Worrying is a fact of life; it comes and goes, usually. A clinical psychologist explains how to better manage anxiety at work, whether you h...

41:15Nov 4, 2024

To Get What You Want, Be Both Assertive and Warm

When you’re interacting with people at work, how often do you find yourself deflecting praise, downplaying your accomplishments, or respondi...

37:30Oct 28, 2024

What a Woman in the White House Could Mean for Us

Political scientist Farida Jalalzai and organizational psychologist Laura Morgan Roberts unpack the symbolic and practical effects of having...

39:51Oct 21, 2024

Season 10 of Women at Work Starts October 21

How are women using GenAI to transform their work? What can we learn from the listeners who identify as “AI power users” about how to boost...

4:57Oct 14, 2024