Sheryl Sandberg "goes young" to fight gender bias

Rapinoe: Develop your leadership to meet a team's needs | Ways to infuse an organization with more executive women | How tentative language can be powerful in the workplace Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( August 2, 2023 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE]( [] A Leader's Edge [] [Rapinoe: Develop your leadership to meet a team's needs]( [Rapinoe: Develop your leadership to meet a team's needs]( Rapinoe (Image credit: Erin Chang/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Megan Rapinoe, who led the US women's soccer team to the World Cup championship in 2019, says she's a "team first" player and has worked to create several leadership styles to meet teammates where they are and give them the support they need. "[W]e create this environment where everybody feels seen and heard, and everyone feels confident, and everyone feels like they have a place within the team. And if a more senior player can be the one setting that example, then the whole structure and the environment changes within that," Rapinoe says. Full Story: [Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model)]( (7/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Career Progression: Developing Leaders [] [Ways to infuse an organization with more executive women]( Executives and recruitment agencies eager to help more women move into top company roles can counteract "lazy" assessments -- such as being too emotional -- by asking for specifics related to the situation, behavior and impact of a "too emotional" example, MIT faculty and top female executives say. Recognize differences not as negatives but as qualities that help a woman stand out, recommends Carla Silvado, who was insecure about her Brazilian accent and lack of tech experience when joining Salesforce. Full Story: [MIT Sloan Management Review (tiered subscription model)]( (7/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [How tentative language can be powerful in the workplace]( Conventional wisdom advises women to stop using "weak language" -- such as hedges or disclaimers -- so they can achieve their professional goals, but research paints a more nuanced picture, writes Wharton organizational psychologist Adam Grant. This kind of language is "a way to convey interpersonal sensitivity -- interest in other people's perspectives -- and that's why it's powerful," Grant notes. In addition, women may use tentative language to avoid the unjust repercussions that they sometimes experience if they are perceived as forceful, Grant notes. 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