Unraveling Pink

Male allies can help women if many ways, sometimes in ways we're not aware of at the time.

In this #maleallymoment episode, a male ally turns an awkward situation around.

So, did you know that November is National Podcast Post Month? The challenge is for podcasters to post 30 podcast episodes in 30 days. If you know me, you know I like a challenge. So, I can't resist. I want to use this time to ensure women’s voices are heard. So, Unraveling Pink will move from a every two week-ish schedule to a daily (fingers crossed!) for the month of November. Join me on this journey by sharing your stories (message me on Twitter @UnravelingPink or send me a message on our Contact page) or by engaging in our male ally challenges. Together, we can unravel the pink bandana!

Episode 15: Let's Turn #metoo Into Change by Unraveling Pink

In this episode, I sat down with Jory Des Jardins, an advisor to female founders and startups. An entrepreneur herself, Jory co-founded BlogHer, that grew into the largest conference and community for women content creators in the world and was eventually acquired by SheKnows Media. Jory shares insights about founding and funding from her own entrepreneurial experience and from advising others on their journeys. She closes with a challenge for us that applies to each of us and can be implemented at work tomorrow. Join us!

My guest this episode is Brian Colucci, Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer at Kilpatrick Townsend. Brian and I continue an ongoing conversation that we started off-mic about the culture of busyness that has become so normalized in Silicon Valley and in law firms, and we explore what happens when this culture bumps up against life - caring for kids, parents, etc. While we are far from solving this problem, shining some light on it will hopefully create a conversation around how we can get back to a culture that better emphasizes our humanity.

In this episode, Chris Lee, Director of Business Development at Neustar, has a lot of questions and insights into topics like feminism, whether things are truly equal, how we might adjust to a less "bro-culture" workplace, and steps men can take to ally with women on the gender equality front. Chris has a vested interest in this -- his 2 year old daughter -- whom he is preparing to have broad experiences, not based on gender. Will you join him?

In this episode, Unraveling Pink was on location at the Podcast Movement 2017 conference in Anaheim. Thanks to Shure and TalkShoe, we were able to record during the convention, complete with the buzz of the conference excitement in the background. This episode's guest, Emerald Archer, Director, Center for the Advancement of Women, at Mount Saint Mary's University in L.A., shares with us interesting insights about how gender assumptions play out in the military. Ever wondered how you would do in a shooting test in the Marines? Or, how your performance would change if you were told before you took the test that you wouldn't be good at it? Or how you would be typecast as a woman in the military? Emerald shares her insights into those questions and more based on her research with the Marines and Air Force. Get an outsider's peek into some of the challenges women face just to be able to serve in the military.

Twitter, LinkedIn, the Chronicle, other media - social and print - throughout Silicon Valley and beyond, abound with frustrations about diversity in the workplace these days. The conversation is important because we have a lot of work to do to get to workplaces that are truly equal, that are welcoming -- workplaces where one does not have to suffer through explicit or implicit questions about her ability or right to be there. These are conversations we try to enable on Unraveling Pink: non-judgmental, open conversations about what we think but may not typically express, about the gender-based assumptions that impact our productivity or satisfaction at work, and what we can do about them. Silicon Valley is currently in the "Red Zone." But there is hope. There is a "release valve" that offers help to employers and employees. Resources that enable employers to create the kind of diverse environment that Google is struggling to develop in the very public eye right now. Resources that employees can anonymously se

Appreciation is a great thing. We should actively look for ways to appreciate the unique talents of those in our lives and workplaces. But appreciation can go awry when it's based on bias ... and this #PinkBandanaMoment tells such a story. May it also bring you hope that our gender inclusion challenges are lessening -- and keep you out of the pit of despair!

This is the conversation we didn't want to have, guest Erin Rand and I. This is the conversation many women / femmes in senior and executive positions don't want to have. Yet, Erin was game to have it -- and share her view into the thoughts and conversations women in positions to make a difference have about gender diversity and bias. And, as we learned from Jon Hicks in Episode 6, conflict is good. So, we also jumped into a disagreement about whether there in fact in a causal link between diversity and more successful, profitable companies. To close us out, Erin issued our toughest challenge yet. One that has the ability to shift our society as a whole to a better place -- something we desperately need right now -- if we're willing to accept the challenge. Listen in, enjoy and let us know what you think about this episode!

This episode shines some light on something that happens too often in meetings - often when there is only one woman in the room: an idea she voiced is given credit to someone else in the room, usually a man. This has happened so much, it has a name - "bropropriation." In this episode, Annie shares her bropropriation #PinkBandanaMoment and offers some ideas for how to stop this from happening in your meetings and what to do if it happens to you.

In this episode, Jon Hicks, Counsel, Employment Law at Netflix, explains why embracing conflict may reduce gender friction in the workplace - and increase your pay at the same time. He also shares some great stories about strong women in his life and work, and some of the secrets of their success in remaining confident around a table of men. His challenge is not to be missed. No spoiler (except to say that it was appropriate for Valentine's Day, when this was recorded) - listen in and then join his challenge!

In this episode, we hear from our first male guest, Chris Rogaski, who shares his views on what it's like to be male at a women's conference, how they leave attendees with a different vibe than other conferences, and how men can help. Chris shares management tactics that translate to managing both men and women and he shares some insights into communicating with those you manage. He also shares a #pinkbandanamoment that can happen in calibration sessions and how to call unconscious bias out in a constructive way.

In this special episode of Unraveling Pink, you'll hear the energy and voices of those at the Women's March in San Jose, California, on January 21, 2017. Unraveling gender bias remains a theme, but this episode was intent on capturing the spirit and energy of the Women's March. Enjoy!

In this episode of Unraveling Pink, Daina Middleton, author of "Grace Meets Grit," explores the intersection of male and female traits in leadership and decision-making. Daina shares her #pinkbandanamoment in a very masculine profession and invites listeners to take a quiz (go to www.unravelingpink.com for the link) to see where they fall on the grace - grit spectrum.

In this excerpt from Episode 2 of Unraveling Pink, guest Joanna Bloor takes host Annie Rogaski through an impromptu coaching session on how to position your value for the future - through a vision of what you can offer. This will give you an inside look into the tip of the iceberg in working with Joanna, and positioning yourself with an eye towards the future, not past accomplishments.

In this episode of Unraveling Pink, guest Joanna Bloor shares her "blue bandana moment," trying to connect with a male client on his terms, much as men sometimes struggle to connect with women on their terms. Joanna shows how empathy and understanding by both genders are critical to reducing gender-based assumptions.

In the first episode of Unraveling Pink - a podcast exploring gender-based assumptions through "pink bandana moments," host Annie Rogaski shares her pink bandana moment that led to the creation of this podcast. This podcast will unravel gender assumptions through storytelling and honest, constructive conversations about gender.