Episode 130

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8th Mar 2023

Ep 130 - Understanding the Authority Gap with Mary Ann Sieghart

Ep 130 Show Notes: Understanding the Authority Gap with Mary Ann Sieghart I’ve republished this episode as it is the perfect episode for International Women’s Day 2023. It has received more feedback than any other episode and for good reason. Mary Ann is the author of the best-selling book The Authority Gap: Why We Still Take Women Less Seriously Than Men, a BBC Radio 4 presenter, speaker and advocate for women’s equality in the workplace. We discuss: The impact of the book The Authority Gap and why it’s so important that male leaders read it Conversational manspreading Whether woman need to change how they behave to be seen as more competent Unconscious bias about women, by women and how to be aware of it What men can gain by narrowing the authority gap Mary Ann shares so many fascinating studies that demonstrate the authority gap in action which are both surprising and validating for women's experiences at work. MORE ABOUT MARY ANN Mary Ann Sieghart is the author of the best-selling book The Authority Gap: Why We Still Take Women Less Seriously Than Men. She spent 20 years as Assistant Editor and columnist at The Times and won a large following for her columns on politics, economics, feminism, parenthood and life in general. She has presented many programmes on BBC Radio 4, such as Start the Week, Profile, Analysis, Fallout and One to One. She chaired the revival of The Brains Trust on BBC2 and recently spent a year as a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She is a Visiting Professor at King’s College London, Chair of the judges for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 and sits on numerous boards.

BBC RADIO 4 EPISODES Speak Up: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ydx0 Why Are Even Women Biased Against Women?: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09pl66d A Job For The Boys: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003t9y

CONNECT WITH MARY ANN The Authority Gap: Why We Still Take Women Less Seriously Than Men: https://www.maryannsieghart.com/the-authority-gap/ Vist Mary Ann’s website: www.maryannsieghart.com Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ann-sieghart-17a27891/ Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/masieghart?lang=en

Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masieghartwriter/

WORK WITH ME As well as coaching women leaders to have more influence, make more impact and be kinder to themselves in my programme Influence & Impact, I also give keynotes and run workshops, courses and programmes to organisations wanting to develop, support and retain women and close the gender pay gap.. Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me. Keynotes, training and coaching: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/employers Influence & Impact: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/influence-impact

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Carla Miller has 16 years of leadership coaching experience, a background in CEO roles in the charity and commercial sector and is an established expert in women’s leadership. She is the creator of the Influence & Impact program which has helped hundreds of women from companies including GSK, BT, Google, Channel 4, Muller and Deloitte to become influential leaders and secure promotions to senior leadership and C suite roles. She is the host of the global top 2% Influence & Impact podcast and has over 220,000 downloads. Her book ‘Closing the Influence Gap: A practical guide for women leaders who want to be heard’ is an Amazon bestseller for leadership and was named by Management Today as one of the books every leader should read in 2022.