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Why Women Leaders Face More Criticism for Small Mistakes
In this episode of Women at Work with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the 'scrutiny tax' on women leaders, focusing on how minor errors—like a typo in an email or a slightly late start to a meeting—attract disproportionate criticism compared to similar mistakes by male peers. They discuss a 2025 study from Harvard Business Review that found women's mistakes are judged 27% more harshly in performance reviews, and they examine the real-world case of a female CFO who was penalized for a spreadsheet error that her male predecessor had made repeatedly without consequence. The hosts also offer…
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