Michelle King (journalist)
Michelle King | |
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| Born | Michelle Penelope King New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
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| Occupation | Head of the Inclusion Department at Netflix (since December, 2019) |
| Employer | Netflix |
| Known for | women rights advocacy through UN Women’s Integrated Strategy for Gender Innovation & Global Innovation Coalition and publications about gender equality |
| Spouse(s) | Robert King[1] |
| Website | Michelle King |
Michelle Penelope King is an American journalist, writer,[2] [3] women rights activist and advocate for gender equality.[4][5][6][7] In particular, she is also notable for women rights activism during her position as a head of UN Women’s Integrated Strategy for Gender Innovation & Global Innovation Coalition for Change.[8] [9] King has been a frequent contributor for Huffpost,[10] Forbes,[11] Bloomberg L.P.,[5][12] and Harvard Business Review[13] regarding the issues related to gender, work conditions and more.[14] She is also an author of the book titled "The Fix Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work", a comprehensive guide about practical ways men and women can advance equality at work.[15][12][16] King is also an Advisory Board Member of the Girl Up, a Washington D.C.-based foundation established by the United Nations.[17] As of December, 2019, King has been Director of Inclusion at Netflix, a department responsible for inclusion and diversity among corporate employees.[18][19][20]
Early life and education
King is originally from New Zealand. She attended Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand and graduated with a M.A degree in psychology in 2005. In 2008, King received a post-graduate diploma in journalism from Auckland University of Technology. King continued her study at Australian Graduate School of Management where she earned her master's degree in business administration in 2013.[21][22] She is currently pursuing her PhD in the filed of organization and gender at Cranfield School of Management.[23]
Career and activism
King began her journalism career reading the news for George FM and freelance writing for the Independent Financial Review. She then pursued her work as a reporter for Breakfast Business and also worked as a television reporter for New Zealand’s national news program and Radio New Zealand.[21][22] She has contributed for and have been published in TIME, Huffington Post, Forbes and other media sources where she writes on topics related to gender and the advancement of women in organizations.[24][25]
During her journalist career and PhD research, King conducted numerous interviews with the CEOs and corporate executives. They explained that the corporations expect from their most "ideal" employees to work long hours, be extrovert and not to have any social or family responsibilities. She learnt that most of the corporation work conditions match "masculine, aggressive" type of employees more suitable for the white heterosexual men than for women or minorities. As a result, she launched "the Fix", a radio podcast illuminating gender inequality in corporate business culture and also explaining how to overcome different obstacles at work.[26] Later, she wrote a book, The Fix Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work, related to the same subject.[15][7][27] The book won Axiom Business Book Silver Award in the category "Women / Minorities in Business".[28]
Book
- The Fix Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work, Simon and Schuster, Mar 3, 2020[19][15][29][7]
Selected publications
- Women are better leaders. The pandemic proves it., CNN Business, May 5, 2020[30]
- Julia Gillard, Australia’s First Female Prime Minister On Leadership, Education And The Misogyny Speech, Forbes, September 17, 2019[31]
- Women Hit A Glass Ceiling Early In Their Careers, Here's How To Break It, Forbes, Dec 5, 2018[32]
- Is Office Politics a White Man’s Game? by Michelle King , David Denyer and Emma Parry, Harvard Business Review, September 12, 2018[33]
References
- ↑ CBS Censors a ‘Good Fight’ Segment. Its Topic Was Chinese Censorship
- ↑ Inc: Why leaders should focus on fixing their companies before asking women to make changes
- ↑ Harvard Business Review: #MeToo’s Legacy
- ↑ Bloomberg: Know the Barriers Women and Minorities Face at Work, Says Inclusion Expert
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bloomberg: Know the barriers women and minorities face at work, says Inclusion expert
- ↑ Yahoo Finance: Know the Barriers Women and Minorities Face at Work, Says Inclusion Expert
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 C-Span: After Words with Michelle King
- ↑ Fortune: Leaders need to ‘disrupt their denial’ to get diversity and inclusion right
- ↑ Cheddar: Invisible Barriers Women Face at Work
- ↑ Huffpost: Michelle King
- ↑ Forbes for Women: Michelle King
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Netflix Director of Inclusion Says Women Should Realize How Incredible They Are
- ↑ HBR Podcast: How Workplaces — Not Women — Need to Change to Improve Equality
- ↑ HBR: Gender Equality Issues
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Union Journal City News: Not getting ahead at work? It’s not YOU – It’s men!
- ↑ LinkedIn: working together
- ↑ Girl Up: Meet our squad
- ↑ Fortune: Leaders need to ‘disrupt their denial’ to get diversity and inclusion right
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Economist: Women still face barriers in the workplace
- ↑ Politics and Prose: The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 TV New Zealand: Michelle King
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 King's Linkedin Profile
- ↑ Cranfield University
- ↑ Nooklyn: TedX Bushwick Women
- ↑ Scoop: Looking Back: What Did The Dalai Lama Leave Us?
- ↑ Apple Podcast Preview: The Fix with Michelle King
- ↑ Ideas. Ted.com: One invisible barrier holding back women at work: the conformity bind
- ↑ Axiom Business Book Awards: AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2020 RESULTS
- ↑ Simon and Schuster: The Fix Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work
- ↑ "Women are better leaders. The pandemic proves it". CNN.
- ↑ Forbes: Julia Gillard, Australia’s First Female Prime Minister On Leadership, Education And The Misogyny Speech (September 17, 2019)
- ↑ Forbes: Women Hit A Glass Ceiling Early In Their Careers, Here's How To Break It (Dec 5, 2018)
- ↑ HBR: Is Office Politics a White Man’s Game?
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