News & Media
- Montana Education News: http://www.montana.edu/news/17092/expert-to-lead-wage-negotiation-workshop-sept-14-at-msu (September 14, 2017)
- NPR: http://wesa.fm/post/nonprofit-attempting-reduce-wage-gap-teaching-girls-negotiation-skills#stream/0 (April 17, 2017)
- CTV News: 10 tips on negotiation a salary or raise (March 15, 2016)
- The Huffington Post: Gender Pay Gap by a Thousand Cuts (March 8, 2016)
- Quartz: How to say no to helping other people without seeming like a jerk (March 4, 2016)
- Houston Chronicle: Male sellers on eBay have an edge over women, study finds (February 19, 2016)
- PayScale Career News: Why You Should Negotiate Salary, Even at Your First Job (February 16, 2016)
- Parade: How to Search for a Job in 2016 (January 24, 2016)
- The San Francisco Chronicle: Pay for women executives in California may be improving (January 18, 2016)
- Fortune: Why Your Salary Hasn’t Gone Up and What To Do About It (January 14, 2016)
- The New York Times: How to Bridge that Stubborn Pay Gap (January 15, 2016)
- Forbes: Two Solutions For The Gender Pay Gap That Can Be Implemented Today (November 19, 2015)
- The Washington Post: Boston is offering free negotiation classes to every woman who works in the city (November 13, 2015)
- Harvard Business Review: How the Gender Pay Gap Widens as Women Get Promoted (November 5, 2015)
- The Huffington Post: What Women Can Learn From Paul Ryan. Seriously. (October 21, 2015)
- Salon: Bradley Cooper is right: Men need to demand better pay for women (October 21, 2015)
- The Huffington Post: Lean In, Fall Flat: Why Young Women Still Stumble at Work (September 1, 2015)
- The Almanac: STEM conference hopes to guide girls down different career paths (August 5, 2015)
- US News and World Report: The 4 Most Powerful Salary Negotiation Tactics (June 29, 2015)
- Neighborhood Voices: YES: Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS) (June 6, 2015)
- Al Jazeera : Pop-up boutique takes gender pay gap discussion to New Orleans (May 2, 2015)
- NPR: Some Companies Fight Pay Gap by Eliminating Salary Negotiations (April 23, 2015)
- Kidsburgh: “The Ellis School and PROGRESS join forces to teach girls valuable negotiation skills” (March 24,2015)
- The Huffington Post: 5 Reasons Why You Should Negotiate Your Salary, Every Time (January 21, 2015)
- Forbes: How Women Should Ask For a Raise (October 16, 2014)
- The Atlantic: When the Boss Says, ‘Don’t Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Get Paid’ (July 15, 2014)
- The Huffington Post: Equal Pay, Pay Transparency and Job Candidates (February 5, 2014)
- Pittsburgh Business Times: CMU’s Heinz Negotiation Academy Prepares for Second Round (October 25, 2013)
- Diversity Woman Magazine: Does Gender Matter in Negotiating? (September 2013)
- Bloomberg BusinessWeek video: Failure to Negotiate Like Men Fuels Gender Pay Gap (August 13, 2013)
- Forbes.com: Bad News From the Top: The Gender Pay Gap in the C-Suite is Still Women’s Fault (August 13, 2013)
- Marie Claire magazine: Leveling the Playing Field: Our Salary Negotiation Guide (May 16, 2013)
- The Huffington Post: Job Success for Women: 5 Keys to Thriving Professionally (May 13, 2013)
- DailyWorth.com: Six Ways to Get the Raise You Deserve (April 9, 2013)
- Forbes.com: An Academy of Our Own (March 14, 2013)
- “Katie”: Why Women Lose at Negotiation and What We Can Do About It (March 12, 2013)- Dr. Linda Babcock appears on Katie Couric’s daytime TV show alongside Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, Harvard Assoc. Prof. Hannah Riley Bowles, Lululemon CEO Christine Day and The WAGE Project President Evelyn Murphy.
- Forbes.com: Reframe the Workplace, Change the World (February 25, 2013)
- The Huffington Post: Women Don’t Negotiate Because They’re Not Idiots (January 31, 2013)
- The Atlantic: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Get’: How To Fix the Gender Gap in Salary Negotiations (January 10, 2013)
- Peace X Peace : Speak Up! Girls for Negotiation (September 17, 2012)
- The New York Times: To Solve the Gender Wage Gap, Learn to Speak Up (December 16, 2012)
- California University hosts women’s conference
- Speak Up! Girls for Negotiation (Peace by Peace Blog coverage)
- Speak Up! Girls for Negotiation (Global Action to Prevent War Blog coverage)
- New Academy, Workshop Move Progress Forward
- The Huffington Post: In the Workplace, What Can Women Learn From Men? (September 20, 2011)
- Learning how to negotiate: new CMU program will teach women bargaining skills (September 7, 2011)
- The Huffington Post: Ladies, Should You Ask For It? (January 19, 2011)
- NPR: Ask For A Raise? Most Women Hesitate (audio podcast)
- An innovative program teaches young girls to ask for what they want Featured in Ms. Magazine
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Talking With … Ayana Ledford (January 25, 2009)
- Women, Repeat This: Don’t Ask, Don’t Get (April 6, 2008)
- The Great Divide: How Men and Women Operate Differently in the Workplace (January 14, 2008)
- Personal Growth: A New Scout Patch Shows Girls Why It Pays to be Assertive (October 29, 2007)
- ABC News: How Avoiding Negotiation Hurts Women (September 26, 2007)
Publications
Ask for It : How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want
By Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever”Nice girls don’t ask, but smart women do. Ask for It provides the tangible tools and tips you need to get your fair share of the raises, promotions, and perks you’ve earned-and deserve.”
By Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever”Nice girls don’t ask, but smart women do. Ask for It provides the tangible tools and tips you need to get your fair share of the raises, promotions, and perks you’ve earned-and deserve.”
~Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., author of Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich.
Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide
by Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever
“This book is an eye opener, a call to arms, and a plan for action; it is enlightening, unsettling, and, ultimately, inspiring.”
~Teresa Heinz
For more information about the book, please visit
“Speak Up! A guide to teach girl’s how to negotiate”
“Girls, at increasingly younger ages, are faced with day-to-day choices that involves them communicating their needs and wants. By introducing negotiation to middle school girls through innovative, creative methods, PROGRESS advances the confidence girls have in their ability to do what life necessitates—voicing personal values, needs and desires.”
~Jennifer Stancil, Carnegie Science Center