Women’s ambition isn’t the problem. The problem is what we do to ambitious women

Stefanie O'Connell is an award-winning writer, author and speaker

debunking myths around women’s work, money and ambition that fuel modern day gender inequality.

“Rigorous, incisive and galvanizing,” her book, The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up — and Then Pushes Them Down, is “a testament to what’s possible when women are liberated from keeping themselves small to make other people comfortable.”

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A go-to expert on women, work and money, Stefanie is a sought after speaker, consultant and media personality, appearing on ABC World News, CBSN, Fox Business, Bloomberg, The Doctors and television stations all across the country.

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"A new playbook for reclaiming our ambition, our time, and our values."

―Eve Rodsky, author of New York Times bestseller Fair Play