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The Gender Penalty: Turning obstacles into opportunities for women at work Kindle Edition

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Feeling undervalued, overlooked or ignored at work?
Want practical strategies to get ahead?
Want to succeed as a woman without changing who you are?

Work is a game originally developed by men, for men. Though the players have changed, the rules to succeed have not. When today’s talented women play like men, they often get punished for not being ‘ladylike’, and when they play like women, they can get punished for not being ‘leaderlike’. Welcome to the gender penalties that sideline women from the game of work.

The Gender Penalty is a playbook for navigating career success in a male-dominated environment. If you want to stand out without stepping on toes, get what you want without compromising who you are, and make your mark without becoming someone you’re not, this book is for you.

The gender penalties covered are:

Confidence – being seen as arrogant
Communication – being interrupted, talked over or ignored
Boasting – being expected to be humble
Strength – being seen as aggressive
Motherhood – being seen as uncommitted to work

Packed with easy-to-follow practical strategies, insights, case studies and stories, (and a bunch of bonus resources) this book will help you not only overcome the gender penalties on the field, but also change the game of work for good – for yourself and other women.

The book is broken into three parts: ‘The state of play’, ‘The gender penalties’ and ‘The power plays to advance the game’.

Part I - The State of Play - covers the current corporate context.

What does the leadership landscape look like for women?
What’s going on for women at work?
Why are women facing invisible obstacles despite being overqualified?
Why do the solutions for men create problems for women?
And why are we still playing this outdated game in the first place?

Part II - the Gender Penalties - dives into the five gender penalties (the Confidence, Communication, Boasting, Strength and Motherhood penalties) and how they are currently playing out for women at work.

What are the rules women are expected to follow?
What's the backlash they face when they do?
What strategies have successful women used to overcome these obstacles and turn them into opportunities?

Part III - The Power Plays to advance the game - wraps up with strategies on how to shift the game of work for good.

How do we change the game of work to make it better for women (and men)?
How do we challenge the conditioning that keeps us stuck in the old game?
How can we brave the backlash created by breaking the rules of the current game - in service of creating the new game, with new rules and a better outcome for all?

Digital bonuses include:

The Coaches Playbook – a guide to help your manager fend off the gender penalties you might face at work
The Gender Penalty workbook - a summary guide to help you personalise the main plays of the book
The Gender Penalty Quiz – to see which penalty you need a stronger strategy for overcoming
The Chick Chat Guide – guided discussion questions to facilitate reflection and learning with a group of friends or colleagues
and various other bonuses like cheat sheets, summary checklists, and videos etc.

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As a speaker, mentor, and leadership expert, Anneli Blundell supports women to increase their visibility, confidence and personal power for greater professional impact. She runs an award-winning masterclass for women at work and is the author of the pocketbook: 'When Men Lead Women: Navigating the facts, fears and frustrations of gender equality as a male leader'. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BDYY3N6M
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 6, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5092 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe

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Anneli is on a mission to humanise the leadership landscape and change the way we see each other.

As the Australian Institute of Training and Development’s 2021 'L&D Professional of the Year', and the Gold Stevie award winner for 'Female Entrepreneur of the Year, 2021', Anneli’s passion for decoding people and performance dynamics makes her a sought-after speaker, mentor, and gender equality expert.

With her keynote speaking and flagship programs on Women@Work, and Applied Allyship, Anneli has become the trusted advisor for many executives and organisations wanting to create inclusive cultures.

Anneli brings her gender advocacy to individuals and organisations, creating safe spaces to explore the issues and opportunities of inclusion, belonging, and allyship in practical and profound ways. She also loves supporting women to increase their visibility, confidence, and personal power for greater professional impact through her Women@Work programs.

To Anneli, workplace equality is not only about policies; it’s also about the daily practices that support them. This is not about eradicating our human bias, it’s about humanising our leadership habits.

Anneli is the author of several books on gender equality including: 'The Gender Penalty' and the pocketbook 'When Men Lead Women'.

Oh, and she’s a nifty parallel parker, a keen roller blader and a salsa dancing addict who loves any meal cooked by someone else.

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