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What's Changed in Perceptions of Women in Leadership? Not Much

When I talk about The Missing 33%®, the first research I cite is from a BusinessWeek cover story published in 2000. In short, the findings were that women "outshine their male counterparts on almost every measure."
14 min read | Susan Colantuono
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Don't Be Complacent About Kudos to Women

While I was away, many of you sent me links to the Harvard Business Review blog asking: Are Women Better Leaders than Men? The authors' assertions are that in an analysis of their 360 feedback reports of over 7000 managers, women were rated as outperforming men in nearly all of them - actually 12 out of 16. BUT hold on a minute! There are 2 major failings in their research. Let's use my definition of leadership to analyze the competencies they measure:
2 min read | Susan Colantuono
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