"Joan Williams and Rachel Dempsey clearly and vividly detail the double standards and the dead ends that so many women face in the workplace. Fortunately, the authors also provide easy-to-follow strategies to counter these scenarios. This book can help women claim their seat at the table and lean in to their careers." -Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead "If you're a working woman searching for the best pocket guide to success at work, here it is. Prove-It-Again, the Tightrope, The Maternal Wall, the Tug of War, Double Jeopardy--the distinguished scholar Joan Williams and her daughter guide women through each of these sticky wickets. Their invaluable advice is no substitute for broader changes in the workplace, they note, but it can help position more women to accomplish that change."-Arlie Hochschild, author of The Outsourced Self and So How's the Family? And other essays "Williams and Dempsey provide the essential bridge between research findings on prejudice and discrimination and the problems that women experience at work. Solutions exist, and these authors present them.

What Works for Women at Work is a must-read book for everyone committed to creating gender-fair workplaces."-Alice H. Eagly, author of Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders "Much of its advice is solid career counsel for anyone looking to move up.ultimately the tone of this book is quite hopeful. Though [Williams] and Sandberg have been portrayed as opponents in the discussion over women's roles in the workplace, they unite in their support for this book's message: If we make ourselves and the men in our lives aware of the roadblocks women still face, and we use some of the many tools the authors offer in this volume, we are likely to see women move ahead more quickly. In fact I wish there were a way to interest men in reading this book. They would get the most out of it." -- Forbes "This title is many steps beyond Lean In (2013), Sheryl Sandberg's prescription for getting ahead in business.

What Works for Women at Work is filled with street-smart advice and plain old savvy about the way life works in corporate America."-- Booklist "Deftly combining sociological research with a more casual narrative style, What Works for Women at Work offers unabashedly straightforward advice in a how-to primer for ambitious women.Smart and well researched, it won't steer anyone wrong."-- New York Times.