Women@Work

Whether you are trying to develop your own team, or keep yourself moving forward, understanding the learning process is half the battle. Host Laura Zarrow sits down with Whitney Johnson, Founder and CEO of Disruption Advisors and author of Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company to talk about the emotional and practical components integral to learning new things at any age. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on April 28, 2022 on SiriusXM’s Business Radio, Channel 132.

Shame as activism? When is using shame an appropriate tool for persuasion, and when is it weaponized? Host Laura Zarrow sits down with Cathy O’Neil, data science expert, activist, and author of The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation, to talk about the power of shame to manipulate others, in both positive and negative ways. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on March 24, 2022 on SiriusXM’s Business Radio, Channel 132. 

Despite decades of effort, women – and especially working mothers – left the work force in droves. While this was catalyzed by the pandemic, the real problem is that women continue to work in an untenable social and economic system that was designed for men. Game changing activist and entrepreneur Reshma Saujani joins Laura to discuss why this is the case, and what can be done to change it going forward. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on March 17, 2022 on SiriusXM’s Business Radio, Channel 132.

Corporate America was not built by or for women- never mind women of color. As a result, talented women everywhere remain isolated and undervalued, systemically challenged to develop and retain the personal power essential to individual success. Which is why Deepa Purushothaman is spurring change – with her new book THE FIRST, THE FEW, THE ONLY: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America, and her online platform, nFormation. Listen in as she and Laura talk about mentorship, sponsorship, and what we need to build an inclusive sisterhood at work. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on March 3, 2022 on SiriusXM’s Business Radio, Channel 132.

It’s no secret that women, and specifically women of color, have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, but in order to mitigate the challenges, Ashley Putnam says we have to start by identifying the real barriers to economic opportunity. In her role as the director of the Economic Growth & Mobility Project (EGMP), a strategic initiative of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, she’s working to uncover what communities really need- from their own perspective. She sits down with Host Laura Zarrow to discuss how communities and stakeholders can join together to bring necessary and effective change. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on February X, 2022 on SiriusXM’s Business Radio, Channel 132. 

Marissa Afton, co-author of Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way, sits down with Host Laura Zarrow to discuss the differences between empathy and compassion, and the power of switching from “I understand” to “How can I help?” Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on February 17, 2022 on SiriusXM’s Business Radio, Channel 132. 

Jennifer Brown and Rohit Bhargava, co-authors of the book Beyond Diversity: 12 Non-Obvious Ways to Build a More Inclusive World, join Host Laura Zarrow to discuss the different ways in which bias is experienced, and their work to transform well-intention conversation into meaningful change. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on February 10, 2022 on SiriusXM’s Business Radio, Channel 132.   

Take a deep dive into the power of trust – and how to earn it and keep it - with Harvard’s Sandra Sucher, author of The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It. Lose It, Regain It and Host Laura Zarrow on this episode of Women@Work. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on November 18, 2021 on SiriusXM’s Business Radio, Channel 132.

Dr. Ella Bell Smith is co-author of Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity – a groundbreaking text when first released in 2001, and still strikingly relevant when revisited. Bell Smith has spent 30+ years researching the relationships between black and white women in the workforce and sits down with host Laura Zarrow to talk about what, if anything, has changed in these relationships and how cultural differences affect how women relate to one another in corporate America. To learn more about her, check out ellaknowwhoyourare.com. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on October 28, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132.