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Leadership · 20 min

The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up―and Then Pushes Them Down

By Stefanie O’Connell

Exploring the subtle, systemic barriers and cultural biases that penalize women for ambition and leadership in corporate environments. This episode unpacks why 'stepping up' often comes with an invisible cost, revealing how corporate culture can inadvertently push women down.

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“Exploring the subtle, systemic barriers and cultural biases that penalize women for ambition and leadership in corporate environments. This episode unpacks why 'stepping up' often comes with an invisible cost, revealing how corporate culture can inadvertently push women down.”

— Stefanie O’Connell, The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up―and Then Pushes Them Down

What it is about

ambition penalty, women in leadership, corporate culture

Who it is for

Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of ambition penalty, women in leadership, corporate culture and better judgment in how they apply it.

The author

Stefanie O’Connell brings a credible and useful lens to ambition penalty, women in leadership, corporate culture, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.

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Stefanie O’Connell

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