In the Media

• Montana Education News: Expert to lead wage negotiation workshop (Sept. 14, 2017)
• NPR: A non-profit is attempting to reduce the wage gap by teaching girls negotiation skills (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 (Feb. 19, 2016)
• PayScale Career News: Why You Should Negotiate Salary, Even at Your First Job (Feb. 16, 2016)
• Parade: How to Search for a Job in 2016 (Jan. 24, 2016)
• The San Francisco Chronicle: Pay for women executives in California may be improving (Jan. 18, 2016)
• Fortune: Why Your Salary Hasn’t Gone Up and What To Do About It (Jan. 14, 2016)
• The New York Times: How to Bridge that Stubborn Pay Gap (Jan. 15, 2016)
• Forbes: Two Solutions For The Gender Pay Gap That Can Be Implemented Today (Nov. 19, 2015)
• The Washington Post: Boston is offering free negotiation classes to every woman who works in the city (Nov. 13, 2015)
• Harvard Business Review: How the Gender Pay Gap Widens as Women Get Promoted (Nov. 5, 2015)
• The Huffington Post: What Women Can Learn From Paul Ryan. Seriously. (Oct. 21, 2015)
• Salon: Bradley Cooper is right: Men need to demand better pay for women (Oct. 21, 2015)
• The Huffington Post: Lean In, Fall Flat: Why Young Women Still Stumble at Work (Sept. 1, 2015)
• The Almanac: STEM conference hopes to guide girls down different career paths (Aug. 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 (Jan. 21, 2015)
• Forbes: How Women Should Ask For a Raise (Oct. 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 (Feb. 5, 2014)
• Pittsburgh Business Times: CMU’s Heinz Negotiation Academy Prepares for Second Round (Oct. 25, 2013)
• Diversity Woman Magazine: Does Gender Matter in Negotiating? (Sept. 2013)
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek video: Failure to Negotiate Like Men Fuels Gender Pay Gap (Aug. 13, 2013)
• Forbes.com: Bad News From the Top: The Gender Pay Gap in the C-Suite is Still Women’s Fault (Aug. 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 (Feb. 25, 2013)
• The Huffington Post: Women Don’t Negotiate Because They’re Not Idiots (Jan. 31, 2013)
• The Atlantic: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Get’: How To Fix the Gender Gap in Salary Negotiations (Jan. 10, 2013)
• Peace X Peace : Speak Up! Girls for Negotiation (Sept. 17, 2012)
• The New York Times: To Solve the Gender Wage Gap, Learn to Speak Up (Dec. 16, 2012)
• Speak Up! Girls for Negotiation (Peace by Peace Blog coverage)
• Speak Up! Girls for Negotiation (Global Action to Prevent War Blog coverage)
• The Piper: New Academy, Workshop Move Progress Forward (Sept. 5, 2012)
• The Huffington Post: In the Workplace, What Can Women Learn From Men? (Sept. 20, 2011)
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Learning how to negotiate: new CMU program will teach women bargaining skills (Sept. 7, 2011)
• The Huffington Post: Ladies, Should You Ask For It? (Jan. 19, 2011)
• NPR: Ask For A Raise? Most Women Hesitate  (Dec. 14, 2011) — audio podcast
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Talking With … Ayana Ledford (Jan. 25, 2009) 
• New York Times: Women, Repeat This: Don’t Ask, Don’t Get (April 6, 2008)
• New York Post: The Great Divide: How Men and Women Operate Differently in the Workplace (Jan. 14, 2008)
• ABC News: How Avoiding Negotiation Hurts Women (Sept. 26, 2007)
• ABC News: Men vs. Women at the Bargaining Table (Sept. 26, 2007)
• American Way Magazine: A License to (Thin) Mint Money (Aug. 15, 2007)
• ABC News: Realities of a Gender Pay Gap (April 28, 2007)
• Forbes.com: How Women Should Negotiate Their Salary (July 7, 2006)
• U.S.News & World Report: Interview with Linda Babcock (April 11, 2004)
• Transcending Boundaries Engendering Human Security: Ninth Annual Conference (April 2-3, 2004)
• ABC News: WNN Book Excerpt: Women Don’t Ask (Feb. 26, 2004)
• CNN: Interview with Linda Babcock (Aug. 21, 2003)

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."

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