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By Robin Madell (San Francisco) In a survey conducted at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) from 2008 to 2011 and funded through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) ADVANCE program, female faculty indicated more stress and less satisfaction with work-life balance than their male colleagues. Women were more likely to forego personal activities for professional responsibilities […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) At the end of 2011, we reported on the launch of a new statewide mentorship program in New York: the Gillibrand Women’s Mentoring Initiative. At that time, New York’s U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced a partnership with the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) and the Partnership for New York City. […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) Do women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers? The question has been up for debate for years, with leadership experts identifying self-defeating or self-limiting actions as the “sticky floor.” Author Rebecca Shambaugh said in her 2007 book It’s Not a Glass Ceiling—It’s a Sticky Floor: “I see women holding […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) With Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead topping the bestseller chart, the “double-down” debate has been reignited once again. Whether you find yourself for or against the ideas that Sandberg proposes, one thing that’s clear is that her controversial book has gotten people talking about […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) High-achieving women want to be great in all their roles—great workers, great mothers, great friends. Their brains are better equipped for multi-tasking—so they think they can do it, and do it all equally well. But they can’t.” -Karen Mallia, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina A recent NPR story quoted […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) Because women earn less, on average, than men, they must work longer for the same amount of pay. The wage gap is even greater for most women of color. –The National Committee on Pay Equity Today – April 9, 2013 – is Equal Pay Day. This annual public awareness event […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) As we approach Equal Pay Day on Tuesday (April 9), The Glass Hammer spoke with Katie Donovan, whose new mobile app Earn More Girl helps women determine their personal pay gap. The app, which is available for iPhones and iPads, allows women to enter their current pay and select their […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) “A person can only try hard and do their best. The goal is not perfection.” –Leigh Steere, Co-founder, Managing People Better, LLC Many executive women spend time at work feeling guilty about not being able to accomplish more. Yet with so much expected at the executive level, particularly in a […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) “We live in an age of advanced technology, which provides opportunities for more efficient and flexible modes of communicating and working. Eliminating policies such as a flexible work schedule diminishes our progressive advances, and most often negatively impacts women more than men, as women are predominately the primary caretakers and […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) CodeProject is the world’s largest independent community of coders and developers. But in early 2012, Sean Ewington, Jeff Hadfield, Chris Maunder, and Terrence Dorsey recognized three related areas in which they believed CodeProject was not living up to its full potential: helping women embrace programming in greater numbers, enter the […]