Alison Fragale
The Science of Winning the Status Game
And Why You Should Care
Your status is defined as the perception others have of you. It’s one of the biggest determinants of our quality of life and career success, yet it is poorly understood and rarely discussed.
Professor Alison Fragale, organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve, will shed light on the science of status. Why does it matter, and how can we leverage it for individual and collective success?
Equal parts behavioral science and life hacks, this discussion weaves together rigorous research, actionable advice, and impactful stories as Dr. Fragale pulls back the curtain on how we can change how others see us.
In each of her roles, Alison Fragale is passionate about empowering people — especially women — to get what they want, at work and in life.
Alison applies her academic and corporate expertise in negotiation, power, status and influence to individuals and organizations seeking enhanced effectiveness. Her clients are high-performing organizations and industry groups that understand the importance of empowering their teams with cutting-edge, science-based strategies for success.
Alison is a tenured professor of Organizational Behavior and the Mary Farley Ames Lee Fellow at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. Her academic research on negotiation, and the determinants and consequences of power, status, and hierarchy, have been published in her field’s top academic journals. She is also the author of Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve, which will be published by Penguin Random House in September 2024. Prior to her academic career, Alison worked as a consultant for McKinsey and Company, Inc.
Alison resides in Chicago with her husband and her three children, who are all named after professional athletes. She also loves, in no particular order: cheap coffee, not-so cheap wine, fabulous shoes, sushi, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Peloton workouts, Hallmark movies, and The Golden Girls.
