Episode 82: Generation Clash

“All of the women I’ve worked with have felt like...they are trying to help, but they’re trying based on what things were like when they were coming up through the workplace.”

— Nora Mathews

Nora mathews at one of her side hustles

This week we look at generational conflict between women at work. We all know it’s there, lurking, even if we talk about it behind eachother’s backs.

This show features generation expert Anne Loehr plus a baby boomer and a millennial on the gaps in experience and understanding between women. Why won't millennials use the phone at work? Why can't older women understand this isn't the same workplace they came up in? 

This is the first of two shows on this topic. Next time we take a deeper look at Generation X's perspective. 

My other two guests are Broad Experience listeners Nora Mathews and Lynne Testoni - thank you both for contributing to the podcast. 

You can also read a transcript of the show.

Episode 81: Money vs. Fulfillment

“For the person who says money isn’t everything I would push back and say OK, if money isn’t everything, what would you do if you didn’t get your next paycheck?”

— Jacquette Timmons

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“When women give up their careers for their husbands they perpetuate this dynamic where only men and a few women make it to the top with a stay-at-home spouse.”

— Jodi Detjen

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Jodi Detjen

In this show two guests take on two listener questions. The first asks whether women have to strive so much for equality. Can't they just be happy if they enjoy their jobs, even if they know the guy before them got paid more for doing the exact same thing? Another listener says there's a huge gap between her and her husband's salaries. She likes her job, but wonders if she should give it up to stay home with her child so her Silicon Valley spouse can have what his colleagues do: a stay-at-home wife 'who makes his life happen.'

You can also read a transcript of the show.

My guests are financial behaviorist and author Jacquette Timmons, and management professor and author Jodi Detjen.

Thanks again to Write, Speak, Code for sponsoring this episode of The Broad Experience.