What is it like to be the only woman at the (poker) table? Or a rare man in a supposedly “feminine” career? In this favorite episode from 2019, we tell the stories of two people who grappled with gender stereotypes on the job, and consider how such biases can shape our career choices.
Why Inclusive Leaders Are Good for Organizations, and How to Become One
by Juliet Bourke and Andrea Titus
Jocko Podcast 288: Bullets, Bombs, and Voices in Her Head.
Bullets, Bombs, and Voices in Her Head. Canadian Army Artillery Gunner, Kelsi Sheren: A very intense lesson on the impact of ineffective leadership when it comes to dealing with teammates suffering from PTSD
Ronin RescueCast 64: WOMEN IN RESCUE
From the Ronin RescueCast – which is comprised primarily of current or former military and emergency services personnel. The RescueCast is to talk about our procedures, issues in the rescue industry and other items of interest to the rescue community. A compelling podcast interview of two women in mountain rescue and the gender bias struggles…
Females and Minority Racial/Ethnic Groups Remain Underrepresented in Emergency Medical Services: A Ten-Year Assessment, 2008–2017
This is a 10 year cross sectional analysis of gender and racial representation among EMT’s and paramedics as compared to the general US population data. They showed some marked disparities in the percentages of females and minorities with some improvements over the 10 year span while lack of improvement in recruitment people who identified as…
TED Talk: Be a Better Person, How to Let Go of Being a Good Person and Be a Better Person
Experience shows that most D&I inclusion programs fail. In this TED talk, Dr. Dolly Chugh shares how our minds take short cuts; we absorb 11,000 pieces of information but we can only process 40. Some of those short cuts are assigning stereotypes and unconscious bias. Then she describes how “our attachment to being good people…
7 Steps To An Inclusive Fire Department Culture
This article it provides an insight into building and maintaining an inclusive organization. While this article is focused on fire departments, the principles can be carried over to mountain rescue teams. Having a diverse and inclusive team gives us the opportunity to draw from multiple points of view that can help us relate to the…
Articles by the authors of Good Guys
This link includes articles from Harvard Business Review and other sources on how men can be better allies. As with their book, Drs. Smith and Johnson provide techniques for how men can respond to public expressions of gender and racial bias, which would likely be a good starting point for improving inclusiveness in the MRA…
Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace
The authors are former naval officers whose research and teaching build on their experiences in the Navy and have a mission “to help men become more effective allies with women and more inclusive leaders in the workplace.” They provide good explanations of the challenges women face, and then more importantly, how men can partner with…
That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together
I’ve found that this book provides the best overview I’ve read of the challenges women face in the workplace, the research that supports these observations, and some suggestions for how to address these challenges. Jane Mather