Latest / Women at Work: Career, Leadership & Modern Work
Why Women Leaders Face a Higher Communication Burden
Episode 71 of Women at Work with Fexingo explores the 'communication tax' that women leaders pay: they are expected to explain their decisions more thoroughly than male peers, provide more context, and justify their choices in greater detail — or risk being perceived as abrupt or unapproachable. Lucas and Luna unpack research from a 2025 study analyzing meeting transcripts and email patterns across Fortune 500 firms, which found that women executives' communications were 18% longer on average for equivalent decisions. They discuss how this extra burden compounds over a career, costing time…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.