Underpinnings Blog

Category: Progress

  • Time’s Up II

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    Part II – Us Previously we addressed the unsuitable behavior of some men in the workplace, and we offered guidelines for those men who were either sincerely or disingenuously unable to tell the difference between appropriate and inappropriate actions. The other variable in the equation that adds up to a happy workplace is our behavior.…

  • Happy Anniversary Us!

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    Where’s the Smash Cake? A little over a year ago we decided to do something crazy, and Underpinnings was hatched.  We have built up a fabulous community, and we hear every day from one of our “skirts in dirt” how much they enjoy reading others’ stories and how much it helps them to know they’re…

  • Thankful

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    Thanks Are Not Relative Here at Underpinnings, we strive to figure out how to level the playing field for women in the deep foundations industry and in other male-dominated fields.  We try to listen to the women in our professional and personal communities so that we can understand the many facets of the obstacles women…

  • Revolutions Don’t Happen When Everyone Is Happy

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    Are You Uncomfortable? (Warning: This post contains a slang word that may be offensive to some.  It should be offensive to all). Last week I was sitting in an uncomfortable chair, being assaulted by a stranger’s cell phone conversation overflow, and mourning yet another precious few hours of my life that were forever lost while…