I have never had an unsupportive female boss. I’ve had several female bosses. They’ve all been super supportive. Joanna Coles Read Quote
I don’t like the tropes, particularly in my industry, that the senior women are mean to the junior staff. Joanna Coles Read Quote
When I was growing up as a child, a magazine, to me, was like a finger beckoning me to the future. Joanna Coles Read Quote
Feminism means, basically, are you in favor of equal opportunities for men and women? It’s hard to argue with that. Joanna Coles Read Quote
I grew up in Yorkshire, which is like the Texas of Britain. It’s a proud free state and not always liked by the other counties in Britain. Joanna Coles Read Quote
It was quite jarring to go from newspapers to magazines, and the reason I did it was because I had my second son, and with my second child, I just thought, ‘I can’t travel at will,’ which you really need to be able to do. And so I had a sort of slow realization that I could no longer do the job that I loved. Joanna Coles Read Quote
The transition of a desk job, having to be in the office at the same time every day, I found super hard. Joanna Coles Read Quote
Having diverse leadership means there are more voices in the room, and there are more different points of entry for people who are being bullied or abused at work. There are more points of entry for them to complain to. Joanna Coles Read Quote
Managers have to demand more of their HR departments, and they have to demand more of themselves. And we all have to be open to hiring people that don’t look like us and that don’t sound like us, and not find that threatening. Joanna Coles Read Quote
