
449: Leaning Out with Marissa Orr
Ansu Jarju
Description
<p>Marissa Orr shares fresh, actionable wisdom on the workplace gender gap and reframes how alleged weaknesses can actually be strengths.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>— YOU'LL LEARN — </strong></p><p>1) The problem with the ‘lean in’ mentality.</p><p>2) How power and money trigger value judgments when it comes to gender differences.</p><p>3) Why strengths depend on context.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe or visit</strong> <a href="https://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep449" target="_blank">AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep449</a> for clickable versions of the links below. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>— ABOUT MARISSA — </strong></p><p>Marissa Orr began her Google career over 15 years ago as a founding member of Google’s Sales Operations & Strategy team, after which she worked as Vertical Marketing Manager at Facebook. She has conducted talks and workshops for thousands of people at diverse organizations across the globe. Originally from Miami, she now lives in New Jersey, with her three children.</p><p>• Marissa’s book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Out-Truth-About-Workplace-ebook/dp/B07KDZZCB6/?tag=petemo-20" target="_blank"><em>Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace</em></a></p><p>• Marissa’s website: <a href="https://www.marissaorr.com/" target="_blank">https://www.marissaorr.com/</a></p><p>• Marissa’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarissaBethOrr" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/MarissaBethOrr</a></p><p>• Marissa’s Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@MarissaOrr" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@MarissaOrr</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — </strong></p><p>• Research: <a href="https://hbr.org/2015/09/explaining-gender-differences-at-the-top" target="_blank">Explaining Gender Differences at the Top</a></p><p>• Research: <a href="https://www.apa.org/research/action/difference" target="_blank">Men and Women: No Big Difference</a></p><p>• Research: <a href="http://gap.hks.harvard.edu/do-women-shy-away-competition-