NPR's Wisdom From The Top: 'Machiavelli For Women'
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Women's Leadership Qualities
Sally Kohn: Society has created a context in which women are expected to think or act differently. She says the cinderella sindrum is an idea that men tend to be promoted based on potential, while women get promoted for their work. People associate being a woman with qualities like compassion and self-effacing, she says. This doesn't sit well with people because somehow this person just doesn't seem quite right., writes Kohn.
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