WORK : LIFE BALANCETALES FROM THE TRENCHES

REFLECTIONS OF WOMEN IN A DEMANDING PROFESSION

PRESENTED BY

THE WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE COMMITTEE BALTIMORE

SPONSORED AND HOSTED BY

Credit(s) earned on completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members.Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

This Presentation is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or constructed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any methodor manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product. Questions related to the specific materials, methods and services will be addressedat the conclusion of this presentation.

• Understand the breadth of gender imbalances that still exist in the architecture and design industry

• Participate in meaningful dialogue including lessons learned during this panel discussion with four Practicing Women Architects.

• Review current resources available to the Profession.

• Obtain insights into the challenges for equitable practice and professional satisfaction

Don’t juggle- catch and cradle. Don’t keep things at bay, select a few things and draw then close.

Don’t strive for balance- strive for fullness. Intentionally IMBALANCE life towards moments that make you feel strong.

Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most SuccessfulWomen do Differently by Marcus Buckingham

SUCCESS

http://www.archiparlour.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Guide6-CareerProgression.pdf

FLEXIBILITY

http://www.archiparlour.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Guide4-Flexibility.pdf

WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE

STATISTICS

Source: http://www.archdaily.com/216844/infographic-women-in-architecture/

1992 First woman elected as National AIA President (Susan Maxman)2004 First woman to win Pritzker (Zaha Hadid)2014 First woman to be awarded AIA Gold Metal (Julia Morgan)

FIRM CHARACTERISTICS

From 2012 AIA Survey Report on Firm Characteristics

From June 2014 NCARB By the Numbers

Number of women applying for NCARB records:

Since 2011 the percentage ofFemale applicants has been around 40%-a marked increase from the 10% in the early ‘90s.

From June 2014 NCARB By the Numbers

There remains a significant gap in The number of women in supervisoryPositions. Women make up only 13%Of those with Supervisory accounts.

Median age to obtainInitial licensure is 34 years.

From June 2014 NCARB By the Numbers

On-going Research

“We chose the name The Missing 32% as a jarring [reminder] that the number should be closer to 50/50. It also serves as an activist-oriented call to action for both women and men who mutually believe that equitable practice is critical to advancing architecture as a profession.”-Rosa Sheng AIA Chair of Missing 32%

http://themissing32percent.com/

http://themissing32percent.com/

http://themissing32percent.com/

AGENDA INTRODUCTIONS BALANCE (OR FULLNESS) OF LIFE AND WORK DISCUSSION AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION RESOURCES

Kathleen Lechleiter, AIAk.lechleiter ARCHITECT LLC

Leslie Harris, AIAHarris-Kupfer Architects

Sharon Walsh, AIASenior Associate Gaudreau Inc.

Monica Robertson, AIAPrincipal HCM

R E S O U R C E S + D I A L O G U E

READING LIST

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Leadby Sheryl Sandberg

Through the Labyrinth: The Truth about How Women Become Leaders (Center for Public Leadership)by Alice Eagly

Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do DifferentlyBy Marcus Buckingham

An Impulse to Soar: Quotations for Women on Leadership by Rosalie Maggio and Maggio

Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth by Mika Brzezinski

Elizabeth I CEO: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire by Alan Axelrod Ph.D.

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel

How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life by Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston and Geoffrey Lewis

Deborah Tannen, Ph.D., several books: You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation; Talking 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work

http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are

Infographic re. women in architecture: http://www.archdaily.com/216844/infographic-women-in-architecture/

http://www.architectmagazine.com/architects/qa-rosa-sheng-wants-to-know-why-women-leave-architecture_o.aspx

LIKE MINDED ORGANIZATIONS

http://themissing32percent.com/origins/

http://leanin.org/about/

http://bwaf.org/foundation/foundation-about/

http://awa-la.org/

http://issuu.com/aiadiv/docs/women_in_architecture_toolkit