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Women & Work: Why Don’t Women Promote Themselves? | Judd Kessler — Ripple Effect Podcast

March 08, 2023 / 00:27

This episode discusses the gender gap in self-promotion, featuring research findings on how men and women communicate their abilities. Key topics include the disparity in self-promotion between genders and recommendations for employers.

The guest presents research indicating that men tend to speak more favorably about their performance compared to equally performing women. This highlights a significant issue in workplace dynamics.

Recommendations are made for employers to focus less on subjective self-promotion and more on objective measures of performance and ability. This approach aims to create a fairer evaluation process in recruitment and promotions.

TLDR

Research shows men self-promote more favorably than women, suggesting employers should prioritize objective performance measures.

Episode

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I've conducted research that looks at the gender gap in self-promotion in that

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work we found that men talk about their ability and performance much more favorably than equally performing women

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based on This research it seems clear that employers who are involved in recruiting retaining promoting workers

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should rely Less on the way that men and women talk about their ability and performance and should rely more on

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objective measures of that ability and performance

Episode Highlights

Gender Gap in Self-Promotion
Research reveals men promote themselves more favorably than women, impacting hiring practices.
“Men talk about their ability much more favorably than women.”
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March 08, 2023
Objective Measures in Hiring
Employers are urged to focus on objective performance metrics over self-promotion.
“Employers should rely more on objective measures.”
@ 00m 26s
March 08, 2023

Episode Quotes

Men talk about their ability much more favorably than women.
Women & Work: Why Don’t Women Promote Themselves? | Judd Kessler — Ripple Effect Podcast
Employers should rely more on objective measures.
Women & Work: Why Don’t Women Promote Themselves? | Judd Kessler — Ripple Effect Podcast

Key Moments

Self-Promotion Disparity00:04
Hiring Recommendations00:26