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- Loneliest at the top. Ann Shoket, former editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine and CEO of TheLi.st, a membership community supporting women and nonbinary leaders in their careers, has become an outspoken advocate of prioritizing connections at work. She knows all too well the feeling of loneliness; she felt lonely while climbing the ranks and mistook the sentiment as normal stress and worry. Loneliness puts people at risk for heart disease, anxiety, and depression, but it can also exacerbate gender inequities in the office.
Most dire, Shoket points out, loneliness discourages women from getting promoted or accepting new jobs. According to TheLi.st’s 2023 research, over half of early and mid-career women say they've forfeited a new opportunity or quit altogether because of loneliness. Feeling lonely breeds dissatisfaction, the report finds, leading to high turnover and disengagement.
