A historic number of women left their jobs in 2021, resulting in their lowest workforce participation since 1988. Author and activist Reshma Saujani confronts the “big lie” of corporate feminism in her book Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (And Why It’s Different Than You Think), and she presents a bold plan to address the systemic biases impacting working women. On this episode of the Gartner Talent Angle, Reshma explains how the cost of inaction — for families, the economy, and women themselves — is too great to ignore. To fuel this urgency, she shares strategies to create lasting change.
Reshma Saujani is a leading activist and the founder of Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms. She is the author of Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (And Why It’s Different Than You Think). Reshma has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls’ economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently advocating for policies to support moms impacted by the pandemic. Reshma is also the author of the international bestseller Brave, Not Perfect, and her influential TED talk, “Teach girls, bravery not perfection,” has more than five million views globally. Reshma began her career as an attorney and Democratic organizer. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. Reshma lives in New York City with her husband, Nihal, their sons, Shaan and Sai, and their bulldog, Stanley.
*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2022 interview.
SPOTLIGHT: Maximizing HR Technology Investments, With Marcia Morales-Jaffe
SPOTLIGHT: Building a Culture of Well-Being, With Richard Safeer
SPOTLIGHT: Ignite Commitment to Keep Top Talent With Joe Mull
SPOTLIGHT: Facilitating Squiggly Careers With Helen Tupper
SPOTLIGHT: Evolving the Model of a World-Class CHRO With GE's Kevin Cox and Medronic's Carol Surface
A 4-Day Work Week to Recharge the Workforce With Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
SPOTLIGHT: Embracing the Nowhere Office, With Julia Hobsbawm
Embracing CHRO Digital Leadership with Kemper CHRO Ismat Duckson Aziz
Driving Cross-Generational Collaboration, With NIH’s Julie Berko
SPOTLIGHT: Designing Work Without Jobs With Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau
SPOTLIGHT: Rethinking the “Job” of Your Job With Dart Lindsley
SPOTLIGHT: Still Leading From the Heart With Mark Crowley
SPOTLIGHT: Humanizing Digital Transformation With Gerald Kane
SPOTLIGHT: Leading Through Constant Change With Caleb Gardner
9 Trends Shaping the Future of Work in 2024
Best of 2023: The Future of Work
SPOTLIGHT: Unlocking Employee Motivation With Ron Friedman
Best of 2023: The Evolving Employee Experience
Ensuring Leader Health and Performance
SPOTLIGHT: Leading Through Ongoing Volatility With PepsiCo CHRO Ronald Schellekens and Ceree Eberly
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Bank of America Treasury Insights
Human Capital Leadership
The Power of Music Thinking
BusinessWISE
3 Takeaways