Rania H. Anderson - WE: Men, Women, and the Decisive Formula for Winning at Work

In a hypercompetitive business environment, gender parity is essential to success. Rania Anderson delivers the evidence-based framework for frontline managers to senior executives who are serious about improving the workplace through a commitment to action and rewriting the gender playbook. Gender partnerships that leverage the collective strengths of men and women will be the hallmark of the modern workplace designed for economic prosperity. By taking action together, WE can succeed in creating an equitable workplace where everyone wins.

David G. Smith, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, National Security Affairs Department, United States Naval War College, coauthor of Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women

This book is a must-read for all male leaders looking for guidance on how to work more effectively with women. WE sheds light on what to DO versus what not to do. Leveraging her deep experience as an executive business coach, Rania Anderson shares intentional, proactive, and research-based actions to retain and advance women in the workplace.

Jeffery Tobias Halter, President of YWomen, corporate gender strategist, author, thought leader

One of the classic challenges in gender equality work is engaging men. In this book, Rania Anderson provides a concrete plan for how to take it to the next level WE 4.0 offers men a vision of why and how they must get onboard and contribute to gender equality in ways that make the work all of us do count for even more. Engagement at the top has always been important, but this book shows us how to create engagement throughout an entire organization. Ill definitely be recommending this to organizations that know they need to change and to those that dont!

Curt Rice, PhD, Leader of Norways Committee on Gender Balance and Diversity in Research and President, Oslo Metropolitan University

For entrepreneurs, finding the right talent is a significant challenge, especially in the gritty early years. Thats precisely why startup founders 65% of whom are male cant afford to overlook the insights and contributions that women will make to the growth of their firms. Rania Anderson provides a compelling, well-timed roadmap for entrepreneurs to leverage the strengths of a gender-diverse team, work effectively together, and produce better outcomes for everyone.

Wendy Guillies, President and CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

The majority of leaders are men. They can drive change on gender equality. I have studied men in senior leadership and middle-management positions to find out how men can create gender-inclusive environments. Anderson drills down into these practices and provides the reader with a playbook guiding what to specifically say and do, so that men and managers can no longer claim they dont know what to do!

Elisabeth Kelan, PhD, Professor of Leadership, Cranfield School of Management

Rania Andersons WE quite rightly challenges the pervasive and damaging myth of meritocracy. She argues that men need to be more reflective and take action to change their work environment. As she points out, only then can we get closer to a truly level playing field.

Adam Quinton, Founder/CEO of Lucas Point Ventures and Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

I have always said that women dont need men to stand up for them; women need men to stand beside them in the battle against inequality. Im really glad there is now a book that highlights key business cases for individuals and organizations to learn from.

Khalid Alkhudair, social entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Glowork, an employment organization for women in Saudi Arabia

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Anderson, Rania H., 1961- author.

Title: We : men, women, and the decisive formula for winning at work / Rania

H. Anderson.

Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2019] | Includes

bibliographical references and index. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2018032755 (print) | LCCN 2018034801 (ebook) | ISBN

9781119524663 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781119524700 (ePub) | ISBN 9781119524694

(hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Sex role in the work environment. | Sex discrimination in

employmentPrevention. | Diversity in the workplace. | Success in

business.

Classification: LCC HD6060.6 (ebook) | LCC HD6060.6 .A53 2019 (print) | DDC

658.4/09dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018032755

For the two men who support me the most,

my husband, Lance, and my son, Nick.

And for my Dad, my first male champion.

Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

The two most important words in Rania H. Andersons indispensable book are you and specific.

The you is any leader but perhaps especially men who works with or supervises women. This is not a book about what