Women on Work

Job longevity no longer carries the same value it used to hold for employers. Long gone are the days where pensions are handed out to employees who put in their time and dedicated their career to a single company. Nowadays, most resumes show a lot more movement and history than those of the past. With greater acceptance of job mobility and transition, companies need to work harder to retain their employees and to also recognize employee value comes in all shapes and sizes. However, with that said, is job loyalty a value to employers or employees anymore? Or does job satisfaction and job performance override the value of time served? 

In today’s episode Alysia and Liz unpack some potentially old school thoughts around job loyalty and the emotionality that people, maybe women especially, can assign to the value of their contributions at work and the tricky stickiness that can create.

Have you ever wondered about coaching – what it looks like, how it works, and the benefits? We can all use a guide on our respective paths, an unbiased third-party helping us parse through the complexities of the choices laid before us and uncovering our true passion. This week, Alysia brings her own coach – Amy Haworth – back for a real coaching session. Listen in to hear all about the benefits of coaching and what it looks and sounds like.

Great Resources to Check Out:

https://nobodymakesitalone.com/

Women on Work Unfiltered are short conversations where Alysia and Liz will dive into provocative conversations usually left with the empty wine glasses outside of work. 

The danger of social media is not a new conversation. As parents, Alysia and Liz fear the long-term effects it will have on their children, especially how it may impact their mental health and even, career potential. However, from creating movements, sharing information, and making impact, social media when used properly and in the right hands social media does have its benefits. While Liz has openly expressed her personal aversion to social media, Alysia (the podcast social media maven) and producer Sabrina (of the SoMe generation) have experienced and chased the thrill of the “like”. This episode will be a mix of social media 101, tips and tricks, and maybe scare tactics as well.

Follow Sabrina's dog: @mylight_saber

While there is always room for continued improvement, representation and diversity overall has greatly improved in the general media. Specifically speaking for little girls, today you can see women of all shapes and sizes, pursuing careers of all types, loving in a variety of ways, and living for and prioritizing themselves. However, for many women of a certain age today, there were not many positive role models available to them as little girls. Growing up, most imagery shown and taught to little girls was that of the traditional homemaker/mother or that of a single woman who pursued their career at all costs. Either/Or. And very rarely in positions of leadership or in careers that were not supporting, administrative roles. 

In this episode, Alysia and Liz discuss their childhoods, what they remember standing out to them in the media and how it shaped or at the very least impacted how they see themselves and their place in the world and at work today.

We always go deep and heavy on Women on Work, so we decided to give you a few minutes of light and mindfulness to start your week. 

For this month’s Mindful Moment, we are joined by Monica Gonzalez – a sustainability leader, yoga and meditation teacher, and holistic life practitioner.

Get in touch with Monica on Instagram

Diet culture is present in most women’s daily lives. From avoiding carbs to taking before and after snapshots, diet culture is integrated into the fabric of our lives. It changes and morphs, attaching itself to trending words and phrases like “wellness”, “health”, and “investing and loving yourself”. And women in the workplace aren’t immune to their value being tied to their body shape and overall attractiveness. This week Alysia talks to Abha Bowers – CEO, Certified Nutrition Coach, Personal Trainer and body positivity advocate – on the toxic effects of diet culture, investing in your definition of wellness, and how to start loving yourself.

Great Resources to Check Out:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhabowers-cnc/

What is at the heart of the quiet quitting conversation? Is it just people saying “NO” to the mathematic improbability of giving 110%? For so long, people have been praised for going above and beyond for their jobs, giving it 110% or more, but what does that really mean? Is giving only 100% a bad thing? Isn’t that exactly how much an employee is paid for? How often is the extra 10% rewarded with something other than burnout?

Alysia and Liz discuss quiet quitting and how closely it is associated with burnout, job dissatisfaction, and personal prioritization. We’ve all learned recently in a dramatic fashion that life is short, is quiet quitting just another extension of the great reevaluation – where people are not looking for other jobs, but are finding themselves? 

Women spend endless hours proving themselves at work. “Work harder and smarter” is the adage almost every woman in the workplace lives by. It’s ingrained in us at an early age. The reality, though, is that the systems and environments many of us spend our waking hours in weren't designed for us. In fact, we don’t even have access to the people, places, and conversations that are most likely to help grow ourselves and our career. 

Liz and Alysia talk to Erin Gallagher – CEO, entrepreneur, women’s advocate – on creating paths to access for women, the effects the reversal of Roe v. Wade has for women in the workplace, and how we all need to work together to build a new table in the boardroom that welcomes everyone.

Great Resources to Check Out:

https://www.ellaforall.com/

linkedin.com/in/erinfgallagher

Instagram @erin.gallag.her

Prior to the pandemic, many organizations were hesitant to hire remotely or support flexible work options for their employees. After being put to the test these last couple of years, remote work has more than demonstrated its value and employees have proven that work is no longer about a place. 
Having passed the test, it can be confusing to employees now that some organizations are requiring them to go back into the office. In some cases, applying even more stringent office requirements than prior to the pandemic. Alysia and Liz talk discuss the pros and cons of these organizations’ decisions and the impacts it has to the people who work for them.

Becoming a parent is the most overwhelming, wonderful, exhausting and rewarding experience of many of our lives. And despite the countless books and endless unsolicited advice, you can’t quite be prepared enough to become a mother. After parental leave (if you are lucky to get any), you return to work and quickly realize while the job may have stayed the same, you and your life are profoundly different. But as working mothers we often feel we must work like we have no children and parent like we don’t work. This week join Liz and Alysia as they talk to - Lori Mihalich-Levin, CEO and founder of Mindful Return - on designing a positive experience for parents returning to work after parental leave and helping manage the chaos of being a working parent.

Great Resources to Check Out:

mindfulreturn.com 

Instagram: @mindfulreturn