Diversity

To Get Ahead, Female Leaders Can Embody Many Qualities – Except One

Feb 23, 2022

While competent, independent, diligent women rise, dominant women are considered less promotable

Women leaders often juggle conflicting messages about how to behave at work if they hope to get ahead: be nice, but not too nice; be ambitious, but not intimidating; be assertive, but never the “B” word: bossy. New research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business finds there are some traits –independence, diligence, and... read more

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To Get Ahead, Female Leaders Can Embody Many Qualities – Except One