Synopses & Reviews
Having a baby doesnt have to mean putting your career on hold. Though pregnancy and childbirth can create tricky situations for moms in the workplaceincluding legal, social, and practical onesits possible to balance a successful career with committed motherhood. Allyson Downey has done it twice, and
Carry On is her playbook for success.
Straightforward, practical, and thoroughly researched, Carry On provides actionable advice for professional women entering motherhood. With advice collected from her own experiences and interviews with more than fifty working mothers, Allyson Downeyfounder of weeSpring, the yelp for baby products,” and a successful mother of two young childrenlays out the essential information new and expectant moms need, including info on how to handle pregnancy at work, maternity leave, and the transition back to working life. Allyson takes on such tricky questions as, How long should I take off for maternity leave?” What should my out-of-office message say?” And What exactly constitutes pregnancy discrimination?”
Sensible, compact, and written by one working mom for the benefit of others, Carry On is the definitive playbook for new and expectant mothers who are thinking, Ive leaned in. Now what?”
Synopsis
For many women in their 20's and 30's, the greatest professional hurdle they'll need to overcome has little to do with their work life. The most focused, confident, and ambitious women can find themselves derailed by a tiny little thing: a new baby. While more workplaces are espousing family-friendly cultures, women are still subject to a "parenting penalty" and high-profile conflicts between parenting and the workplace are all over the news: from the controversy over companies covering the costs of egg-freezing to the debate over parental leave and childcare inspired by Marissa Mayer's policies at Yahoo. Here's the Plan offers an inventive and inspiring roadmap for working mothers steering their careers through the parenting years. Author Allyson Downey, founder of weeSpring, the "Yelp for baby products," and mother of two young children advises readers on all practical aspects of ladder-climbing while parenting, such as negotiating leave, flex time, and promotions. In the style of #GIRLBOSS or Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office, Here's the Plan is the definitive guide for ambitious mothers, written by one working mother to another.
About the Author
Allyson Downey is an entrepreneur, writer, and parent who has built a career on the power of trusted advice. In 2013, she launched weeSpring, a Techstars-backed startup that helps new and expecting parents collect advice from their friends about what they need for their baby. weeSpring has received accolades from TechCrunch, Mashable, CNBC, and the
Daily Mail, and it was heralded as Yelp for baby products” by
InStyle magazine.
Allyson has an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MFA from Columbia University's School of the Arts, and a BA from Colby College. She serves on the board of Democracy Prep Public Schools, one of the country's top charter management organizations, and lives in Boulder with her husband and two children.