Meet Stefanie O’Connell, the author of the forthcoming book THE AMBITION PENALTY: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up - and Then Pushes Them Down (May 19, 2026), a deeply researched and eye-opening investigation into why generations of women who’ve spoken up, leaned in, and asked for more still find themselves hitting walls at work and at home. Far from a “confidence problem,” Stefanie reveals how women often face penalties because they’re ambitious, not despite it. With bylines in Slate, Bloomberg, CNBC, Glamour UK, Newsweek, USA Today, and Business Insider, and as the writer, host, and co-producer of the WEBBY-winning podcast Money Confidential, Stefanie has become a trusted source on work, gender, and the economy. She’s also been featured on ABC World News, Yahoo Finance, CBSN, Fox & Friends, Fox Business, Bloomberg, The Doctors, and more. A graduate of New York University, Stefanie combines data, storytelling, and personal experience to illuminate what still holds women back and what it will take to change it. "Women’s ambition isn’t the problem. The problem is what we do to ambitious women." 📘 About The Ambition Penalty Why haven't decades of “girl power,” empowerment messaging, and record-high educational attainment translated to equal power at work? Why is burnout still skyrocketing for women while the gender pay gap barely moves? Stefanie’s book uncovers the “ambition penalty”—the financial, emotional, and professional costs women face for daring to want more—and dismantles the myths that perpetuate inequality. Website: https://tooambitious.com/ Preorder now: https://www.amazon.com/Ambition-Penalty-Corporate-Culture-Up_and/dp/1541705211 (out May 2026, preorder now) #TheAmbitionPenalty #Womeninbusiness #CorporateCulture #Stefanieoconnell #WeCan __________________________________________________________________________
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