Appearance Counts: Women at Work I recently saw a live jazz performance, and was distracted by the fact that one of the band’s two women had what I considered to be a “bad haircut.” When I mentioned this to my husband and daughter, they dismissed it as internalized oppression (meaning that I had absorbed and was applying the outside world’s twisted judgments and Read More
Women and Public Speaking
Speaking Up for Success — with a Bassoon
NOTE: During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Janet Grice lost a long battle with multiple myeloma. Her spirit lives on in her music, and in the hearts of the friends, students, and musical colleagues she inspired. It’s not easy for women in jazz, as I remembered when I went to hear my friend Janet Grice play some serious bassoon at Read More
Bragging Rights
Everyone, male and female, can benefit from this article, by Andrea S. Kramer, Esq., about how to cite your accomplishments. In fact, it may be the best two-page read I’ve ever seen; so feel free to download Bragging Rights before you continue reading this post! How a Lawyer Learned About Bragging Rights As you’ll see from Kramer’s article, Read More
No, You Didn’t Actually Ask!
I was in my bank today — I’d just slid in before the doors closed at 3PM — and two minutes later saw a woman knocking hard on the (now locked) door. Here’s what happened next: The guard went over and told her the branch was closed. The woman asked to speak with the manager. Read More
Ask For It!
Although it’s written primarily for women, men can also learn from this wonderful new book. Babcock is the scholar who calculated that failure to negotiate your first job offer can amortize into a $1 million lifetime loss. Fortunately, it’s never too late to begin negotiating for your own career interests, and Ask For It will Read More