Underpinnings Blog

Category: Success

  • 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.…

  • Time’s Up

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    Part I – Them The recent Harvey Weinstein revelations, #metoo movement, and Time’s Up campaign have had a number of consequences, most of them quite fabulous.  Let’s start by saying that I have ZERO problem with the fact that a bunch of actresses finally brought attention to a problem a lot of us have faced…

  • When One Gate Closes, Another Opens

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    And In Second Place… First Runner Up in our anniversary contest, Lucky Nagarajan is a powerhouse in a tiny package, a true spitfire.  She is never without a smile and tackles every new task with a positive attitude.  She obtained her Master of Science in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington and…

  • I Can Do That

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    My Favorite Things Early summer brings many of my favorite things.  I get to visit the local nursery and spend way too much money on every annual flower that catches my eye.  Lunches, dinners, cocktails, brunches, and even afternoon coffee take place outside on patios, piazzas, decks, and sidewalks. And sundresses and espadrilles are parts…

  • How Did You Get Here?

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    Diluting Workforce Quality for the Better…Or Not How did you get where you are?  No, I’m not referring to your route to work this morning or whether you took a plane or a train to get to the conference you’re attending or how you managed to sneak out of the office to go shoe shopping.…

  • What Price Ambition?

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    Hey – Your Ambition is Showing By Ann Schmelzer, Guest Contributor (Editor’s Note: Ann is a top-level manager for a major international manufacturer.  Someday we will all be working for her, and that’s not a bad thing.  Although she is not in the deep foundations industry, she spends all day every day with men, most…

  • Patterns for Success

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    Respond, don’t React by Mia Painter, Guest Contributor I was raised in a small family of women – mom, gram, two aunts, and a few cousins.  My family had started out with some men, but the year I was two my grandfather and uncle died and my mom left my abusive father.  I remember the…