Because the vast majority of leaders are men, it is not possible to generalize from any one example. But the dearth of female leaders causes one woman to be viewed as representative of her entire gend...
Avoiding feelings isn’t the same as protecting feelings.
Author Bruce Feiler believes the problem lies in the offer to do anything. He writes that while well meaning, this gesture unintentionally shifts the obligation to the aggrieved. Instead of offering ‘...
Ask a man to explain his success and he will typically credit his own innate qualities and skills. Ask a woman the same question and she will attribute her success to external factors, insisting she d...
As women must be more empowered at work, men must be more empowered at home. I have seen so many women inadvertently discourage their husbands from doing their share by being too controlling or critic...
As Sharon Poczter, professor of economics at Cornell, explains, The antiquated rhetoric of ‘having it all’ disregards the basis of every economic relationship: the idea of trade-offs. All of us are de...
As Gloria Steinem observed, Whoever has power takes over the noun—and the norm—while the less powerful get an adjective.
As Allen Rucker wrote about his paralysis, I won’t make your skin crawl by saying it’s a ‘blessing in disguise.’ It’s not a blessing and there is no disguise. But there are things to be gained and thi...
Anyone who brings up gender in the workplace is wading into deep and muddy waters. The subject itself presents a paradox, forcing us to acknowledge differences while trying to achieve the goal of bein...
Anyone lucky enough to have options should keep them open. Don’t enter the workforce already looking for the exit. Don’t put on the brakes. Accelerate. Keep a foot on the gas pedal until a decision mu...
An internal report at Hewlett-Packard revealed that women only apply for open jobs if they think they meet 100 percent of the criteria listed. Men apply if they think they meet 60 percent of the requi...
All of us --men and women alike-- have to understand and acknowledge how stereotypes and biases cloud our beliefs and perpetuate the status quo.
Alice Walker, who observed, The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.
Adam has published five different studies demonstrating that meaningful work buffers against burnout.
A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments.14
Intelligence and success are not clear paths to popularity at any age. This complicates everything, because at the same time women need to...own their success, doing so causes them to be liked less.
1) personalization—the belief that we are at fault; (2) pervasiveness—the belief that an event will affect all areas of our life; and (3) permanence—the belief that the aftershocks of the event will l...
Just being nice is not a winning strategy. Nice sends a message that the woman is willing to sacrifice pay to be liked by others. This is why a woman needs to combine niceness with insistence, a style...
Gender bias influences how we view performance and typically raises our assessment of men while lowering our assessment of women.
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