
Lean Out
The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace
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Narrated by:
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Misty Wells
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By:
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Marissa Orr
Girl gangs reigning terror at Facebook, narcissistic overlords at Google...this is the backdrop of Lean Out, which takes listeners on the journey of Marissa Orr, a single mom of three trying to find success in her 15-year career at the world’s top tech giants. Orr delivers an ambitious attempt to answer the critical question: What have we gotten wrong about women at work?
“This book is a must-read for insights on the impact that reversing systemic gender biases can have on creating more diverse, healthier workplaces for both women and men.” (Joanne Harrell, Senior Director, USA Citizenship, Microsoft)
“This book will make you think differently about what it will take for women to succeed at the highest levels in American business.” (Rishad Tobaccowala, Chief Growth Officer, Publicis Groupe)
Lean Out offers a new and refreshingly candid perspective on what it’s really like for today’s corporate underdogs. Based on both in-depth research and personal experiences, Orr punctures a gaping hole in today’s feminist rhetoric and sews it back up with compelling new arguments for the reasons more women don’t make it to the top and how companies can better incentivize women by actually listening to what they have to say and by rewarding the traits that make them successful. In Lean Out, Orr uncovers:
- Why our pursuit to close the gender gap has come at the expense of female well-being.
- The need to redefine success and change the way corporations choose their leaders.
- The way most career advice books targeting professional women seek to change their behavior rather than the system.
- Why modern feminism has failed to make any progress on its goals for equality.
More than 50 years since the passage of the Equal Pay Act, the wage gap still hovers at 80 percent, and only five percent of CEOs in the Fortune 500 are women. Today, rising up the ranks in many companies still often means cutthroat, win-at-all-costs tactics, where being the loudest voice in the room is more important than being the person with the best ideas for moving the company forward. Not surprisingly, most women don’t want to play this game. An everyday working woman with a sardonic sense of humor, Orr is an endearing antihero who captures the voice for a new generation of women at work. Lean Out presents a revolutionary path forward, to change the life trajectories of women in the corporate world and beyond.
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Game changer
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Inspiring
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I was too distracted by the narrator’s diction (think book report reading in front of 6th grade class) and SUPER specific, author-specific examples (e.g. the “power hungry, narcissistic manager named Barry”) to be inspired.
Take away: it’s okay to be a Hufflepuff, just don’t go work for Slytherins.
Sour Grapes, not Feminism
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If only this book was there for me instead of the "make work life your bi#;$" books. The author combines research with personal experience seamlessly. It is one of my must reads for the year and probably forever. Thank you Marissa for writing this book. I am forever a fangirl.
Preach It Sister!
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Wish Marissa narrated the book, though. Marissa - Please narrate your own book, so much better to hear you reading!
Validating and Inspiring!!
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Great read; really good message. Keep an open mind.
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Highly Recommend!
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Courage and insight
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However, when she starts theorizing and drawing conclusions about thoughts and behaviors, there is so much unsubstantiated and erroneous conjecture that it becomes whiny fiction. She may be an expert in some things, but definitely not in social science research. (I’m trained in that.) She should stay in her lane, write the auto biographical narrative and share the facts as they occurred, yes. That’s fair perspective. But once she shifted gears it became intolerable. By the time I got to the halfway point I had to stop.
If you have experienced a lot of political frustration at work, her experience will feel very validating, which is fine, but be wary of accepting her theorizing beyond that.
Unless you are looking for someone to commiserate with, don’t waste your time with this book
Couldn’t finish it
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interesting book, but not very practical
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