Women and Work - New Rules: A Conversation with Anne Litwin

This is the 25th video produced in the ‘Just in Case…’ mini-series sponsored by Quality and Equality. In this video we are joined by Anne Litwin, a consultant to organizations, an executive coach, a researcher and author for more than 30 years in the USA and internationally. Dr. Litwin is the author of the book, New Rules for Women: Revolutionizing the Way Women Work Together and co-editor of the book, Managing in the Age of Change, along with numerous articles on organization development, gender differences and women’s leadership.  Anne received a Masters in Community Psychology from Marist College and completed my Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University. Today, Anne shares details from her research about important new concepts in understanding the subtle, often invisible, gender dynamics that influence women's workplace relationships. She also covers concepts which she has encounter through her years of coaching and consulting such as “The Imposter Phenomenon” and “Being an Only” which further offer insight into how organizations can create a truly collaborative and shared workspace.

Resources

  • “Women’s Leadership Development Programs: What Is Working Well Now?”Anne Litwin, CGO Insights, Briefing Note Number 44, September, 2018 (article)

  • “Are We There Yet? Are Perceptions of Results Shaped by Gender?”
    Alice MacGilivray & Anne Litwin, in Challenging Organizations and Society: Positive Deviance Dynamics in Social Systems, 2016, Vol. 5, Issue 2 (article)

  • “Creating Inclusive Organizations: The OD Consultant as Guerilla Change Agent”
    Anne Litwin, in Challenging Organizations and Society: Positive Deviance Dynamics in Social Systems, 2015, Vol. 4, Issue 1 (article)

  • New Rules for Women: Revolutionizing the Way Women Work Together
    Anne Litwin. Annapolis, MD: Third Bridge Press, 2014 (book).  Available now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and IndieBound.

  • “Global OD Practice: The Legacy of Colonialism and Oppression”
    Anne Litwin, in The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change: Principles, Practices and Perspectives, 2nd ed., B. B. Jones and M. Brazzel, editors, San Francisco: Wiley, 2014, 483-498 (chapter in book).

  • “Women Working Together: An Ethnographic Study of Relationship Patterns Among Women in the Workplace”
    Anne Litwin, in Social Change in the Modern Workplace, Fielding Monograph Series 1, Santa Barbara: Fielding Graduate University, 2014, 32–59 (chapter in book).

  • “Women Working Together: Understanding Women’s Relationships at Work”Anne Litwin, CGO Insights, Briefing Note Number 33, March 2011 (article)

  • “OD: Dancing in the Global Context”Anne Litwin, OD Practitioner, Volume 39, Number 4, Fall 2007 (article)

  • Website:  www.annelitwin.com

  • Keynote Speaker/Workshop Offerings (view here)

Biography

Dr. Anne Litwin has been a consultant to organizations, an executive coach, a researcher and author for more than 30 years in the USA and internationally.  Anne has a passion for unleashing the leadership potential of women in organizations and helping organizations groom their talented women as future leaders. She feels that one key to increasing the retention of talented women is to strengthen the ability of both female and male managers to create supportive environments where both female and male staff can flourish. 

Dr. Litwin is the author of the book, New Rules for Women: Revolutionizing the Way Women Work Together and co-editor of the book, Managing in the Age of Change, along with numerous articles on organization development, gender differences and women’s leadership. She publishes a weekly blog on gender issues in the workplace at www.annelitwin.com

Contact

Email: anne@annelitwin.com