The Silent Shift

Menopause is happening at work. The question is whether organizations are prepared to respond.

Every day, experienced women navigate brain fog, disrupted sleep, hot flashes, emotional changes, shifting confidence, and other symptoms while continuing to lead teams, make decisions, meet expectations, and manage how they are perceived at work.

Too often, they do it silently.

In The Silent Shift, Dr. Olacoy Lawyer brings together original research, women's lived experiences, and leadership practice to examine what menopause means inside today's workplace.

Drawing from her research on the corporate experiences of Black and Latina women navigating perimenopause and menopause, Dr. Lawyer explores the intersection of health, identity, performance, organizational culture, and career advancement-and the consequences when workplaces fail to recognize what women are experiencing.

But this is not simply a book about menopause. It is a book about leadership.

The Silent Shift challenges leaders, HR professionals, and organizations to rethink how they support women across the full arc of their careers and offers practical strategies for creating workplaces where women do not have to choose between protecting their health and protecting their careers.

For women experiencing the shift, it offers something equally important: recognition, language, and permission to navigate this season without disappearing inside it.

The future of work must include the women who helped build it.