The career advice you probably didn't get | Susan Colantuono

You’re doing everything right at work, taking all the right advice, but you’re just not moving up. Why? Susan Colantuono shares a simple, surprising piece of advice you might not have heard before quite so plainly. This talk, while aimed at an audience of women, has universal takeaways — for men and women, new grads and midcareer workers.

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[mikkomallikas]

All the men here in the comments do not seem to understand that to us (the men) this is obvious, because it has been said a million times. But to people who have grown in a whole "different world" (women) this is not the case. Women are being taught different things without people even realizing it. It's quite simple no need to get mad.

[pardillo]

I am male and I have seen this happening in the companies I have worked for. I just didn't notice before, and now I do. 
I do see that she could have shown more supporting evidence, but apart from that, the negative votes are not deserved. I think they are mainly from people who didn't fully get it. It is an original view on the problem. Also this is not a feminist talk..! In those talks they normally complain about society and a general "gender bias" while she digs into the actual reasons without the easy solution to just blame it on men. Thumbs up

[SAsgarters]

63% of viewers didn't get what they were watching.

[drphil]

I came here for career advice, God dammit!

[junaxp]

This is a new insight for me and it makes total sense! I have also gone through a lot of training and "business impact" is not a subject they bring up for leadership advancement.

[Cyl]

Excellent ted talk! She has said a very important and valuable point. Finance, accounting and analysis are very needed for women. Strategy and how to allocate resources properly and effectively to generate revenue.

[JakeVoorhees]

Wow great talk, love the ideas here. I think this missing 33% idea can be spread around to balance gender in upper managemetn :) thank you!

[ritacannella]

This is my favorite TED talk because it's so relevant for women! I watched it months ago, but then couldn't find it when I wanted to share it with other business women...so I'm saving it as a favorite, and if you're reading this, do yourself a favor and watch it too!

[EaRenDeL]

Why is somebody that is not at the top trying to tell others how to get there?

[mattway-x]

I have always considered the green box solely as a leadership quality. Leaders don't ask for validation and advice, they see a big picture and they do whatever they can to realise it. She may have seen misunderstanding anecdotally skewed towards women, but I see this in almost everyone I meet. Stop trying to please others.

[kouhaisempai]

If you have taken business or marketing classes, you should know that a lot of stuff is very subjective and this kind of talk with very generic bubbles of 'information' is highly common.  I'm not sure it's appropriate as a TED Talk (but, then, I guess that's why it's at TEDx).  That said, this isn't bad advice.  It's extremely pertinent to someone in the business trying to make their way to the top.  Is it a lot of corporate jargon?  Yeah, sure.  But anyone trying to make it to this point needs to jump into it, like it or not.  About the feminism - this is only feminist-colored.  This is good advice for anyone.  Statistics about women's leadership roles aside, anyone should take this advice to heart.  Learn more about your business and its strategy if you want to move up.  Everyone should pay attention to this.

[maxcoseti]

I don't understand the comments saying this is some feminist claptrap, if I were a woman I'd be pissed at her for basically saying women don't get to the top because they fail to understand something that is obvious to men

[TheExecutiveProducermaster]

Many women are performing very well in the business of show business. Based on my experience, women are perceived as more authentic and thrustable to deal with artistic content. I started a channel for people looking to move in entertainment . Over the last years, majority of people doing the crossover from tradition to creative content world are women.

[JilHeimensen]

What's up with the cans in the background?

[chocoboasylum]

It's not like they're specifically not telling women about the 33%. I think in a way (at least from what I've seen) they withhold that part to see who will 'get it' naturally. Those'll be more likely to do well.

[bananian]

A vice-president who doesn't know she is supposed to provide business strategies and advice? Huh?

[dienamites]

The title and the talk is a whole different story. I can't believe Ted just let this woman to talk

[chrisgreen]

This is an interesting TED topic...I completely agree with the discussion contained.  My disagreement is centering the topic on gender bias.  A modern leader should have an awareness of operating not on a gender basis, but on the qualities of the colleagues working for them.  I feel the topics discussed are applicable to both male and female, and oreiented in the way it was in this discussion, continues to drive and define the gender gap wedge into the workplace envirnment.

[sherrillperez]

Thank you. I think you are right on point. So do men more naturally share strategic financial goals with each other and not to women in the same way they might share similar sports interests, etc.? Is there a difference in the business information given to men vs women in a company? If so is it as more of a comradery thing in that it does not intentionally exclude women?

[marijebcn]

As a woman in Finance i found very difficult to imagine an abitious career woman that is missing the business, Finance acumen & strategy (for me is the ABC of any managerial candidate, regardless of the gender)