When you think of non-promotable tasks, what comes to mind? Picking up cupcakes for a colleague’s birthday? Sure. Onboarding new staff? Maybe. Leading an employee resource group? Absolutely. A ton of ...

L ise attended a promotion-and-tenure committee meeting where the dean asked for a volunteer to write the recommendation report and one of the few women in attendance agreed to do it. Laurie walked ...

It's tough to say no to a crappy assignment when your boss expects you to say yes. Especially if you're a woman. Gender inequality in the workplace begins with being asked to take on work that doesn't ...

A non-promotable task (NPT) is one that benefits your organization but not your career. That’s why you need to follow three simple steps to ensure you can focus your energy in ways that advance your ...

As a department chair, I am responsible for writing letters of recommendation for faculty (my department’s faculty and faculty from other universities) undergoing the promotion process. I tell my ...

Most job descriptions outline the work tasks expected of employees. However, there is still plenty of other work that isn’t assigned to anyone but still needs to be done. Tasks like helping others ...

Editor’s note: This article is an excerpt from the new book “The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work” by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund and Laurie Weingart (May 2022: Simon ...

When you get hired for a job, there may be a few times when you're asked to do a thing or two outside of your job description. Unfortunately, this can sometimes get out of hand where certain employees ...

Many of us have been taught that volunteering to take on more is the way to demonstrate your ambition at work. But if you're a woman and you're constantly raising your hand to sign up for ...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - NOVEMBER 16: Letters on a window saying Girl Power during the Sime Awards at Epicenter on November 16, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Nils Petter Nilsson/Ombrello/Getty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. MeiMei Fox writes about aligning your career with your life purpose. May 06, 2022, 03:33pm EDT May 09, 2022, 05:30am EDT This ...