That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together

By: Joanne Lipman

Published January 30th 2018 by William Morrow

Category: Business

Pages: 320 pages

ISBN: 9780062437211

Description:
First things first: There will be no man shaming inÊThatÕs What She Said.ÊA recent Harvard study found that corporate Òdiversity trainingÓ has actuallyÊmade the gender gap worseÑin part because it makes men feel demonized.ÊWomen, meanwhile, have been told closing the gender gap is up to them: they need to speak up, to be more confident, to demand to be paid what theyÕre worth. They discuss these issues amongst themselves all the time.Ê What they donÕt do is talk to men about it.Ê

ItÕs time to end that disconnect.ÊMore people in leadership roles are genuinely trying toÊtransformÊthe way we work together, because there'sÊabundant evidence that companies with more women in senior leadership perform better by virtually everyÊmeasure.ÊYet despite good intentions, men often lack the tools they need, leading to fumbles, missteps, frustration and misunderstanding that continue to inflict real and lasting damage on women's careers.

That's What She SaidÊsolves for that dilemma.Ê Filled with illuminating anecdotes, data from the most recent studies, and stories from JoanneÊLipmanÕs own journey to the top of a male-dominated industry,Êit shows how we can win by reaching across the gender divide. What can the Enron scandal teach us about the way men and women communicate professionally? How does brain chemistry help explain menÕs fear of womenÕs emotions at work? Why did Kimberly Clark have an all-male team of executives in charge of their Kotex tampon line? What can we learn from IcelandÕs campaign to ÒfeminizeÓ an entire nation? ThatÕs What She SaidÊshows whyÊempowering women as true equals is an essential goal for womenÊandÊmenÑand offers a roadmap for getting there.

ThatÕs What She Said solves for:

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ The respect gap

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Unconscious bias

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Interruptions

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ The pay and promotion gap

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Being heard

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ The motherhood penalty

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ÒBropropriationÓ and ÒmansplainingÓ

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ And moreÉ.

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