Emotional inequality: 4 skills for reducing gender bias in the workplace
What if your colleagues discriminated against you, just for being assertive? Unfortunately, gender bias is a reality in today’s workplace. An in-depth study by VitalSmarts reveals women’s perceived competency drops by 35 percent and their perceived worth by $15,088 when they are equally as assertive or forceful as their male colleagues. Assertive men are also punished, but to a much lesser degree. Emotional inequality is real and it is unfair. If not acknowledged or managed w