How Work Works Now with Dr. Michelle King

Successful organizations build workplaces that work for everyone and that value everyone. Dr. Michelle King joins Kevin to discuss the how of work. These are the informal systems and unwritten rules that impact success and are changing as workplaces become more diverse. She highlights the four informal systems, which include networks, information sharing, development, and advancement. Leaders should role model curious, empathetic behaviors and regularly ask for feedback on what's working. Further, we need to take responsibility for our own informal development through observation, feedback, and reflection.

Meet Michelle

• Name: Dr. Michelle King
• Her Story: Dr. Michelle P. King is the author of two books: The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Work and her latest, How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself. She is a globally recognized expert on inequality and organizational culture. Based on over a decade’s worth of research, Michelle believes that we need to learn how workplaces work, so we can make them work for everyone. She is the host of a popular podcast called The Fix. As well as a researcher and author she is a speaker and the founder of The Culture Practice, a global consultancy that provides leaders with the assessment, development, and inclusion coaching needed to build cultures that value difference. Michelle is an award-winning academic with five degrees including a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, a Postgraduate Degree in Journalism and a PhD in Management. Michelle is pursuing a post-doctoral research fellowship with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom.
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Book Recommendations

• How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself by Michelle P. King 
• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear 

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