DrunkenPM Ep 4 - GenderBias in Project Management

Gender Bias in Project Management Episode 4 of DrunkenPM focuses on the impact of Gender Bias in the Project Management space. This episode consists of two interviews. The first is with a group of women who work in Digital Project Management (Larissa Scordato, Tera Caldwell Simon and Patrice Colancecco Embry). The second interview features Agile Coach Natalie Warnert. Warning - there are a few expletives in this one... Show Notes: Interview 1 : Gender Bias in Digital Project Management - with Patrice Colancecco Embry, Tera Caldwell Simon and Larissa Scordato 00:05 Intro 01:18 Women in Digital Project management Interview start and guest introductions 04:42 Meet the Dexters 05:25 Being a PM comes with challenges, does being a female PM carry additional challenges 9:38 Reaching out to your team for validation and support 12:08 Getting support may not fix the actual problem 13:50 How much does experience factor in 14:35 Does having a commanding presence only come with experience and how does gender impact your ability to take the room 16:46 Larissa is not sorry for interrupting 17:41 Letting your team take the floor 18:28 Note Taking 20:20 Generational gender bias 22:50 An apology is nice, a public apology is better 23:00 Advice for young women who are new to Project Management 24:05 Having difficult conversations and owning your role 24:40 The power of being knowledgable about your topic 26:00 The importance of assigning a notetaker 26:45 Getting a mentor 27:19 Know that you are good at what you do 27:35 How gender bias has an impact on your use of the phrase “I don’t know.” 29:30 When you get caught now knowing 30:09 Pretending to be brave enough / Imposter Syndrome 32:00 Taking care when you act “As if…” 33:30 “You’re either emotional, or your’e a bitch…” 35:20 Putting on the dominant female role and protecting your team 38:00 The “Sorry” thing 44:20 Advice for Men 46:10 Contacting Tera, Larissa and Patrice 46:40 Closing All the participants in the above interview are "on the Twitter" Larissa Scordato: https://twitter.com/larissascordato Patrice Colancecco Embry : https://twitter.com/patrice108 Tera Caldwell Simon: https://twitter.com/tcaldsimon Interview 2 - Gender Bias in Agile - with Natalie Warnert 47:07 Intro to the Interview with Agile Coach Natalie Warnert 47:50 Natalie’s involvement with Women in Agile 48:42 Women in Agile events are not just for women 49:27 Is it more difficult for a young woman to break into Agile 50:40 Behavior at a conferences 51:33 An example of differing standards 52:27 Gender bias, age bias and the Agile Coach 53:30 Women attendees at conferences 54:06 Advice for women entering the Agile space 55:35 Carrying yourself with confidence and owning it 56:00 Being more mindful of gender bias 57:31 What is an Aspiring Feminist? 60:10 Is the bias as significant in Agile as it is in waterfall? 61:20 Proving yourself 62:30 Support among women in Agile and at Agile conferences 65:00 Fighting over the slice of pie 65:39 Not tracking gender at conferences 66:00 Tracking down Natalie Natalie can be reached via her website at http://nataliewarnert.com