Revolting Women - by Lucy Ryan (Hardcover)

About the Book

Every day, professional women over 50 are shattering the old misconceptions about age and ambition, but many find they have to leave their companies to do so. Dr Lucy Ryan shows how businesses can retain and develop this invaluable talent pool.

Book Synopsis

Every day, professional women over 50 are shattering the old misconceptions about age and ambition, but many find they have to leave their companies to do so. Dr Lucy Ryan shows how businesses can retain and develop this invaluable talent pool.

From the Back Cover

There's one group consistently ignored in most companies' diversity strategies, but which could be your business's secret weapon.

Professional women over 50 are faced with a triple-whammy of discrimination: they are not male, young, or linear in their career paths. As a result, they are leaving corporate life and taking their career into their own hands. And with it, they take their abundant wisdom, energy and ambition.

Drawing on new research by Dr Lucy Ryan that fills a longstanding data gap, this book shows that assumptions about declining midlife motivation and energy just aren't true for women and reveals how you can retain and develop this invaluable talent pool with a better understanding of their challenges and a few simple changes.

Professional women have transformed our world. And women over 50 are deserving of your attention and ready to step up in your business.

Dr Lucy Ryan is a leadership coach, consultant, author and passionate advocate for women's professional development. Her doctoral research project explored the phenomenon of midlife for professional women, a long-standing data gap, and she works with companies internationally to unlock the potential of this key talent pool.

Review Quotes

'(a) data and evidence-based guide for getting through the fragility and messy-ness of midlife careers which gave me confidence and assurance that the longing for change I was experiencing, after a long corporate career, wasn't just me! Ceri Hughes, LinkedIn

'...what an absolute triumph of a book...Seriously good, seriously thought provoking and seriously worth a read if you are a midlife women or are in an organisation wondering how you can support them, get the best out of them, retain them for longer.'- LinkedIn

I recommend the book particularly for anyone in DEI, HR, Recruitment, but to be honest, I think everyone else should read it too! Isn't it such a brilliant name for a book on this topic? I just love that headline - revolting women! - LinkedIn

At last someone is articulating my own experience in the workplace and giving it a compassionate and powerful formulation and suggestions for change- really helpful. ...Thank you Lucy Ryan for putting together this impressive piece of work. - Amazon

It's hard to disagree with anything in this book. It's clear. It's pithy. It's enraging. - Christina Patterson, The Sunday Times

This book is based on research in the UK but has application for the United States too. The author talked in depth to women executives to blow up the false narratives on why women leave organizations at the top of their game. Often the mythology is that women want freedom to strike out on their own or are in the "sandwich" generation and need to take care of children and aging parents. What organizations don't look at typically are the systemic challenges in organizations that keep women from achieving their potential...There is a section on Menopause which is critically important and only recently has been getting focus in the news and among legislators. I encourage leaders and HR professionals to read this book to start examining the systemic barriers for women in organizations - GoodReads

About the Author

Dr Lucy Ryan is a leadership coach, consultant, author and passionate advocate for women's professional development. Her doctoral research project explored the phenomenon of midlife for professional women, a long-standing data gap, and she works with companies internationally to unlock the potential of this key talent pool.