How to Stop Saying Yes to “Non-Promotable Work” — with Linda Babcock

Why are women running faster than ever, burdened with endless to-do lists and still trailing behind their male colleagues? Because women most often are unfairly left with “non-promotable work:” planning the office party, screening interns, attending to that time-consuming client, or simply helping others with their work. The imbalance leaves women overcommitted, underutilized and trapped in a spiral of toxic productivity. In this episode of Women Amplified, Carnegie Mellon professor of economics and women’s empowerment researcher Linda Babcock will explore what must be done for women to achieve career advancement and equity. Learn actionable ways to change your workload, create boundaries and make empowered and savvy decisions about the work you take on so you can focus on work that matters and gets you promoted.   Linda Babcock Linda Babcock is the James M. Walton Professor in Economics at Carnegie Mellon University and the coauthor of The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work, with Lise Vesterlund, Laurie Weingart, and Brenda Peyser.  Babcock is a behavioral economist focused on understanding barriers to women’s advancement in the workplace and developing evidence-based interventions to promote a level playing field. She is the founder and director of the Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS), which pursues positive social change for women and girls through education, partnerships, and research. She is also the author of Ask for It and Women Don’t Ask.     Celeste Headlee Celeste Headlee is a communication and human nature expert, and an award-winning journalist. She is a professional speaker, and also the author of Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism—and How to Do It, Do Nothing, Heard Mentality, and We Need to Talk. In her twenty-year career in public radio, she has been the executive producer of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Radio, and anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also served as cohost of the national morning news show The Takeaway from PRI and WNYC, and anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for PBS World Channel. Headlee’s TEDx talk sharing ten ways to have a better conversation has over twenty million total views to date. @CelesteHeadlee     Additional Resources: * Learn more about The No Club, and follow @Linda_C_Babcock and @thenoclub on Twitter * Attend a breakout session hosted by Linda Babcock at the virtual Pennsylvania Conference for Women on October 7. * Get free shipping on books by our guests — including Babcock’s The No Club — when you shop our podcast page at independent partner bookstore BookPeople More from Women Amplified * Sign up for the Women Amplified email list to receive a notification every time a new episode drops (and maybe receive a few exclusive tidbits) * Join us in person — or online — at the 2022