But it’s not just that women’s hands shoot up when it’s party-planning time.Managers also ask women to do these kinds of unrewarded office chores 44% more often than they ask men. Sadly, female managers ask women just as often as male managers. And women feel more pressure to say yes. Whereas men only say yes to 51% of these requests, women say yes 76% of the time. These chores still need to be done; they just don’t need to be done by women. One simple way to balance the workload is to create a list of these chores and rotate who orders lunch and reserves rooms. Last, we saw in chapter 1 that feedback works best when employees can ask for what they need most, whether that’s coaching, evaluation, or appreciation. Appreciation, however, is the hardest feedback to ask for. I’ve met many people, especially women, who’ve been vaguely told, “Keep doing what you’re doing.” … [Read more...] about ‘He’s like Tony Stark and she’s like my mom’: How workplace praise diverges between men and women
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We need to stop ‘untitling’ and ‘uncredentialing’ professional women
Untitling happens repeatedly to women with professional titles, such as doctors (medical, research, and professional), professors, clergy, government officials, military personnel, and coaches. Recent research of 321 speaker introductions found that when female physicians introduced other physicians they almost always used their “doctor” titles (for 95% of male doctors and 97.8% of female doctors). However, male physicians introduced other male physicians as “doctor” in 72.4% of the cases, but only 49.2% of the time when introducing female physicians. … [Read more...] about We need to stop ‘untitling’ and ‘uncredentialing’ professional women
It’s time to fully embrace telehealth—for the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
“Food banks are an ideal spot to address the needs of the most vulnerable among us whether telehealth is delivering mental health or physical health,” adds Emily Fisher, a telehealth doctoral candidate. “The kiosk could be its own ‘health system.’ Different providers can be available during certain hours the kiosk is in use. The health records can be kept in a digital or cloud-based platform. Patients could view their medical records online. Our group uses a palm scanner to create an image that links to the medical record of the patient. Patients don’t need to remember numbers, carry paperwork, or access identification procedures.” … [Read more...] about It’s time to fully embrace telehealth—for the COVID-19 crisis and beyond