15 Lies Women Are Told at Work: ...and the Truth We Need to Succeed

Bonnie Hammer, Vice Chair of NBCUniversal and one of the most powerful women in corporate America, debunks the bad advice that too many women at all levels are told and shares her surprising, no-nonsense secrets to success.

Bonnie Hammer is Vice Chair of NBCUniversal, where she’s spent decades transforming every facet of the television business. Under her leadership, the company’s cable group and studios achieved record-setting profits, garnered 167 Emmy nominations, and launched hit series including Suits, Psych, The Sinner, Battlestar Galactica, Mr. Robot, and hundreds more. As many as 129 million Americans a week were tuning in to NBCU cable networks, including USA, Syfy, and Bravo, when Bonnie led NBCU’s cable division. Lauded by the New York Times as ＂the Queen of Cable＂ and hailed as ＂the most powerful woman in entertainment＂ by The Hollywood Reporter, Bonnie started her TV career picking up dog poop on the set of a Boston-based children’s show. She’s occupied virtually every industry position from production assistant to studio head--often being tapped for cutting edge roles and gaining a reputation for predicting the future of television. Today, she is the strategic advisor to NBCUniversal. She works out of New York and LA and lives in Westport, Connecticut with her husband Dale.