This is a workshop given at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2015 in Houston, TX by five women. The workshop consisted of very little talking on our part and a lot of interaction by the audience as they broke into small groups. These teams discussed how different roles within their team would respond to unplanned parenting challenges while trying to hold a successful career.
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Generational
• Our parents had different challenges
– More women in the workforce today
– Men have parenting challenges too
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Let’s Play!
• Learn by doing
• Balance obligations on both sides
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Rules
• Choose a scribe
– Document observations to share later
• The person with the envelopes is the manager
– Assign roles to the rest of your team
– Take turns choosing scenarios
• Assign based on the letters (person B gets situations
that apply to person B).
– The whole team: Discuss, resolve, debate
– Manager moves the discussion along by choosing
another scenario
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Pencils down
• How did this exercise make you feel?
• What observations did your team make?
• What are your takeaways?
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Printing the game
• Use the following slides to print your own
version of the game to play at work
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Instructions
• Printing:
– Print game page 1 on cardstock. Cut apart into role cards. Place in
“roles” envelope.
– Print scenario game pages two-sided flip on long edge. Cut apart
and fold in half. Place in “scenarios” envelope.
• Tips for playing:
– Caution your audience not to play nice. It’s easy to be nice but
that’s not reality. This team has a job to do.
– Rotate roles part-way through game play so one person isn’t
stuck with the manager role.
– Leave time for discussion at the end.
9. You are manager of
a technical team.
• You have no kids.
• You worked harder
than others to get here.
• You are a tough manager.
You are a senior
engineer
• You have 3 kids.
• Paid your dues, want to be
there for your kids more.
You are a junior
engineer.
• You are a single parent.
• New to the project
• Want to make a good
impression.
You are a mid-level
engineer
• You have 1 child
• Trying to prove you can
balance work and home.
• You want to move up.
You are an intern
• You are a workaholic
You are a contractor
• You have 1 child
• You want to get hired
permanently.
You are manager of
a technical team.
• You have no kids.
• You worked harder
than others to get here.
• You are a tough manager.
You are a senior
engineer
• You have 3 kids.
• Paid your dues, want to be
there for your kids more.
You are a junior
engineer.
• You are a single parent.
• New to the project
• Want to make a good
impression.
You are a mid-level
engineer
• You have 1 child
• Trying to prove you can
balance work and home.
• You want to move up.
You are an intern
• You are a workaholic
You are a contractor
• You have 1 child
• You want to get hired
permanently.
You are manager of
a technical team.
• You have no kids.
• You worked harder
than others to get here.
• You are a tough manager.
You are a senior
engineer
• You have 3 kids.
• Paid your dues, want to be
there for your kids more.
You are a junior
engineer.
• You are a single parent.
• New to the project
• Want to make a good
impression.
You are a mid-level
engineer
• You have 1 child
• Trying to prove you can
balance work and home.
• You want to move up.
You are an intern
• You are a workaholic
You are a contractor
• You have 1 child
• You want to get hired
permanently.
You are manager of
a technical team.
• You have no kids.
• You worked harder
than others to get here.
• You are a tough manager.
You are a senior
engineer
• You have 3 kids.
• Paid your dues, want to be
there for your kids more.
You are a junior
engineer.
• You are a single parent.
• New to the project
• Want to make a good
impression.
You are a mid-level
engineer
• You have 1 child
• Trying to prove you can
balance work and home.
• You want to move up.
You are an intern
• You are a workaholic
You are a contractor
• You have 1 child
• You want to get hired
permanently.
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