Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace
b'Join Michael and Robin as we start working on our next 1500 episodes when we talk about men and women in the workplace with\\xa0David G. Smith PhD, and Brad Johnson PhD.\\n\\nEvidence reveals that the #MeToo movement has not been a catalyst to move men to action in their organizations, but rather it has instead increased the likelihood of them avoiding women entirely, exacerbating gender inequalities.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nThere\\xa0are,\\xa0however, many men eager to learn how to really move the dial on inclusion. They are\\xa0GOOD GUYS\\u2014they just don\\u2019t know what to\\xa0do, or how to get started on their own ally journey.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nDavid G. Smith Ph.D., a sociologist, and former Navy pilot, and Brad Johnson Ph.D., a psychology professor, guide these men in their new book,\\xa0GOOD GUYS:\\xa0How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace\\xa0(Harvard Business Review Press, Oct 13, 2020).\\xa0Based on their major qualitative study, they detail what excellent male allyship looks like and how to apply interpersonally (at home), publicly (at work), and systematically (through organizational change).\\n\\nGOOD GUYS\\xa0also reveals some of the obstacles men face\\u2014many of them don\\u2019t perceive gender inequities in the workplace at all (it\\u2019s hard to fix what you can\\u2019t see) and that men are unsure of how to take action (so they decide not to) and some see think any gains for women would mean losses for them.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nIn\\xa0GOOD GUYS, they explain how to overcome these obstacles and to develop allyships that benefit all.'