This week we are talking about leading like a girl. That’s right. Why is leadership gendered? Why is leading like a girl not advice we give? We talk about where masculine and feminine leadership traits came from and what they are. We talk about the dangers for every gender when we as a society over index on one or the other. We talk about mean girls. We talk about the Athena Doctrine. We talk about our experiences of assimilating to masculine leadership traits as a sign of being a good leader. We talk about why the narrow band of masculinity cripples many men from showing up fully at work.All in all, this is a meaty one.

In this episode we refer to these resources:

Athlena Doctrine: https://www.amazon.com/Athena-Doctrine-Women-Think-Future/dp/111845295X

“Like a girl” always ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIxA3o84syY

Debra Tannon: http://www.deborahtannen.com/

Obama video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1PE39nxk9E

Tripping the Prom Queen book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225942.Tripping_the_Prom_Queen

Moe's tedx talk about women's role in defining masculinity: https://www.ted.com/talks/moe_carrick_loving_men_rethinking_women_s_role_in_defining_masculinity https://spsp.org/news-center/character-context-blog/masculinity-toxic-or-tenuous