S4 EP14: When Women Don't Support Other Women at Work
Katharine Zaleski didn't know she was a sexist boss...until she became a mother herself.
In 2015, Katharine Zaleski wrote an op-ed for Fortune that went viral called I'm Sorry to All the Mothers I Worked With. In it, the former media exec apologized for "a long list of infractions against mothers," whom she'd assumed couldn't handle long hours or weren't committed to their career because of parenting duties. One of those mothers was ZigZag host Manoush Zomorodi. On this episode, she and Katharine make amends and track Katharine's metamorphosis from a childless boss at the Huffington Post to a mother-of-two and gender-equity advocate as co-founder of the recruiting platform Power to Fly. Katharine also shares her company's surprising research on why highly-skilled women decide to quit jobs they love or don't apply for positions in the first place. It's NOT, she says, because women lack confidence.
Season 4 of ZigZag is examining the current culture ofbusiness and work, figuring out what needs to change, and experimentingwith new ways to do it.
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CREDITS:
Matt Boynton, Audio Engineer and Sound Designer
Ania Grzesik, Audio Engineer
David Herman, Composer
Marcy Thompson, Producer
Maria Wurttele, Production Coordinator
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