Walk the Talk
Women, Work, Equity, Effectiveness
- Anjali Hazarika - Author, Executive Coach, Facilitator
2nd prize in the DMA-NTPC Management Book Awards, 2018.
Shortlisted for Management Book of the Year Awards 2019 by Chartered Management Institute, UK.
If we recognize that economic growth requires the efficient allocation of resources, then how can half of the world’s population be prevented from making a full contribution?
We acknowledge that women are different, yet fail to realize their potential as equals. We accept that women need to be empowered, yet debate who should take the lead and who the stakeholders are.
This book grows directly out of the personal challenges the author grappled with, the conversations she has had with women in a variety of settings, and the constructive debates with corporate representatives and policy planners on how the process of change should be initiated. It asserts that the responsibility of enhancing gender diversity
This book is a must-read for those who would like to walk the talk and suggests how together we can ensure equity with effectiveness. It provides ideas and agenda for action to create an ecosystem of empowerment.
Anjali writes with passion, knowledge, and experience. Her book is a must-read for professional women—and men. Achieving true gender equality isn’t an impossible dream. This incredible book shows us how. From the role of government and civil society to actionable steps corporate leaders can take today, the book is a crucial, definitive read.
Though half a century has passed since women first forced open the boardroom doors, it is indeed disappointing to see gender stereotypes hampering the recruitment, promotions, and succession process for women in the corporate world. An expert on leadership development and organizational change, Anjali Hazarika in her book provides priceless insights into how a truly inclusive and empowering organizational culture allows merit to be recognized irrespective of gender.
From demanding electoral reservation in the Parliament to assisting victims of sexual violence on the streets and homes, the women’s leadership has played a significant role in increasing women’s visibility, voice as well as validity of their economic participation. However, it is a long way to women’s leadership building a constructive peaceful society. Anjali has done well in articulating possibilities of filling this gap. I hope this book will draw more women into active leadership roles at all levels of the society. The book gives hope that the civil society and public sector will play a positive and partnership role in making this possible.
Anjali Hazarika’s book is a meaningful effort in sensitizing all stakeholders to sit up and take notice of the lacunae in achieving gender neutrality at workplaces. A book like this if read by all members of the civil society could start a revolution. Women’s role in the growth of organizations has largely been unheralded and I think it’s about time that we acknowledge and embrace the idea of women empowerment in all walks of life.
The book Walk the Talk: Women, Work, Equity, Effectiveness by Anjali Hazarika navigates through the challenges and stereotyping faced by women at their workplaces. Drawing attention to deep-rooted patriarchal mindsets, monocultural paradigms, and complexities women face in their leadership roles, the book provides insights and strategies to help women in their career progression. The quantitative data and the qualitative material of the book provides a way forward to nurture an ecosystem to enhance collaboration among various stakeholders for achieving equity and efficiency. Scouting through the years of development of women empowerment in the country, this book is no dry academic treatise or self-help book but referral material to sustain women’s development in the country.
Walk the talk by Anjali Hazarika describes what it is like to be a woman professional in a male-dominated corporate world...Refreshingly, Hazarika does not limit herself to documenting myths and stereotypes about women's productivity. Instead, she outlines constructive ways in which women can overcome the hurdles in their professional lives.
