As Long as We Associate Leadership with Masculinity, Women Will Be Overlooked

Asking women to lean-in more to emulate men's often deeply flawed leadership style, will neither improve their quota among the ranks, nor the quality of leadership overall. Instead we need to become more effective at weeding out incompetent men. So long as we continue to associate leadership with masculine features, we can expect female leaders to be evaluated more negatively even when their performance is higher than that of their male counterparts, and even when those who evaluate them are women. Read more...