Ideas change everything

The likability dilemma for women leaders

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Robin Hauser |

TEDxMarin

• September 2019

When women lead, bias often follows. Documentarian Robin Hauser dives into the dilemma between competence and likability faced by women in leadership roles, detangling the unconscious beliefs and gendered thinking that distort what it means to be a good leader.

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When women lead, bias often follows. Documentarian Robin Hauser dives into the dilemma between competence and likability faced by women in leadership roles, detangling the unconscious beliefs and gendered thinking that distort what it means to be a good leader.

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Director of documentary films

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Robin Hauser explores societal norms through documentary films and public speaking.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMarin, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Take the gender/workplace Implicit Association Test.