You Should Smile More, Lori Tauber Marcus
You Should Smile More, Lori Tauber Marcus
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You Should Smile More
How to Dismantle Gender Bias in the Workplace

Author: Lori Tauber Marcus, Angelique Bellmer Krembs, Dawn Hudson, Mitzi Short, Katie Lacey, Cie Nicholson

Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/12/2023


Synopsis

From small indignities to unconscious slights, women experience situations at work every day that may seem small or unimportant but that effectively differentiate and exclude them. These are micro-offenses; the small, awkward, or uncomfortable moments that slow-build until the unwelcome environment takes hold and women disengage.

Situations the authors address range from things like use of the term "girl" versus "woman," watching male colleagues leave work for a social event where women colleagues were left off the invite list, or hearing that a qualified woman shouldn't be offered an assignment because she has small children at home. You Should Smile More shows witnesses, allies, supervisors, and women at every level in their careers how to dismantle everyday gender bias, based upon the latest research, personal accounts, and interviews with professionals, both women and men.

Widely known as a meme, the title itself is now a call-to-action against the very advice women so frequently hear from male colleagues or bosses. The authors spotlight these all-too-familiar moments, offering realistic strategies every witness can use to confront and productively address them. The information in this book finally advances women in the corporate workplace as equals and advances organizations on the path to creating cultures of true inclusion.

About Lori Tauber Marcus

Lori Tauber Marcus is a corporate board director, executive coach, and founding member of "The Band of Sisters" after spending twenty-four years at PepsiCo in multiple roles, including senior vice president, marketing activation. After PepsiCo, she served as SVP, CMO of The Children's Place Retail Stores, EVP, chief global brand & product officer at Keurig Green Mountain, and interim global CMO, Peloton Interactive. She also served for several years as the leader of the direct-to-patient workstream at Harvard Business School's Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator.

Lori also has significant board experience and presently sits on the boards of Fresh Del Monte Produce and 24-Hour Fitness.

She earned her BS from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Lori lives in Connecticut, and is a health and fitness nut. You can find her most mornings riding her Peloton bike at the crack of dawn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carianne on January 15, 2023

I opted to read this book ahead of a training with the "Band of Sisters", the name the authors use for their collective, and I really appreciated the examples they provided and advice about how to handle the situations. Especially helpful was the input they included from Millennial, Gen Z as a compl......more

Goodreads review by Bennett on January 02, 2024

A must read if you are a female in a male dominated field. Although some themes felt redundant in the way that we, as women, have lived them, there were insightful was to combat this behavior/norms. There were even some things I realized that I could do better moving forward and when I eventually re......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on June 04, 2023

This was a great book on dismantling gender bias and how to address overt sexism and smaller micro-aggressions in the workplace. I liked that all six women in The Band of Sisters got their voices highlighted throughout the book. This is not usually the case for me on a topic like this, but I wish so......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on November 02, 2022

Powerful read for any young female (and male) professional! This book will make you re-examine your own habits/biases in the workplace in a productive way. Women have made great strides in closing the gender gap but there is more work to be done and this book is an awesome tool in helping us get the......more

Goodreads review by Carolina on December 09, 2024

I highly recommend this book. It is relatable as it addresses impactful real-life scenarios in a lighthearted manner. I know that I will be re-reading some of the chapters in the future.......more