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The Vision Penalty How Women Leaders Get Judged for Strategy
Episode 25 of Women at Work with Fexingo tackles the vision penalty — the subtle bias where women leaders are judged more harshly than men for articulating ambitious strategic plans. Lucas and Luna explore a 2023 study from Harvard Business Review which found that women who propose bold, long-term visions receive lower competence ratings and less buy-in than male peers presenting identical plans. They discuss the double bind: women are expected to be visionary but penalized for being too visionary. The episode uses a real-world example from a Fortune 500 retailer where a female executive's…
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