10 Major Events Where Women Executives Called out Gender Bias to Change Rules of the Game
For too long, women have experienced all sorts of biases, including being called unprofessional or too ambitious in the boardroom and at the world stage. However, many senior women have had braver voices to raise that have not only uncovered the discrimination facade, but changed the policy, culture and expectations of leadership.
Here are the key 10 moments when women confronted bias and changed the rules of the game:
Indra Nooyi Has Dared to Challenge Stereotypes in Assertive Women Leaders
The previous CEO of PepsiCo boldly dared to assess the double standard by deeming assertive hearings against her as authoritative while boldly declaring that the very assertiveness for which she was condemned was, in fact, a valid leadership quality regardless of gender.
Mary Barra-Crossing the Technical or Manufacturing Roles Jobs for Women
Thus, the GM CEO became defined and continues being defined in that: jobs technical or manufacturing are never to be a women thing.
Whitney Wolfe Herd: Call Out the Startup Culture Course
Bumble’s founder already fought against the rampant negative sentiments against women that pervaded the place she came from while also fighting unsafe working conditions as part of that campaign to ingrain principles of safety, equality, and respect in the culture of her company, while shifting paradigms of women treatment within the app-dating space.
Women Taking on Gender-Credibility Gaps-Gita Gopinath
So, if the IMF Deputy Managing Director did believe that her economic expertise was, if anything, subjected to slightly more scrutiny than that of her male counterparts, well, then she raised it and initiated discussion of bias even in elite policy circles.
Roshni Nadar-The Bias of Family Business
Actually first female head of a listed Indian IT company, Roshni Nadar threw open not only very socio-political discussions about the kind of scrutiny that women face on the legitimacy associated with leadership in family business more on merit versus inheritance but also brought focus to the discussion on just how merit can also be argued through inheritance.
Ursula Burns: How to Reject the Diversity Hire Myth
Burns rejected any such inference about choosing her because she was from the minority pool. This spurred companies to rethink their language on diversity and merit.
Sheryl Sandberg-Why Women Are Judged Based on Likability?
The worldwide deadlock that it induced on “likability penalty,” the coercively pretty face that women adopted, made most of the companies train their managers on the bias-aware feedback.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw-Setting Gendered Funding Basis
The founder of Biocon herself has spoken openly on matters that tie around the difficulties women entrepreneurs face concerning access to capital. This, indeed, has created a more conducive atmosphere for gender-sensitive investing norms.
Safra Catz Facing Wrath from Tech Leadership
In terms of high-pressure tech positions, Catz has brought forward an argument about women facing skepticism in such positions. She endorsed the mantra capability-not-gender-commanded authority.
Publicly Brought up by Serena Williams Calling to Answer Corporate Sponsorship Discriminations
Williams testified to women athletes, especially those who are mothers, receiving much lesser support from sponsors. This has moved major companies to hence reevaluate their maternity clauses and advocate equal representation in their campaigns.
Conclusion: They didn’t just call out bias; these women changed the rules of the game for leadership. They inspired changes in policies and hiring practices which would influence the next generation of women leading adroitly in their respective areas. Calling out bias by executive women is not a backward move. It is forward motion.
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