The Ambition Penalty: Why Success Still Costs Women More

The Wallet by Emilie Bellet

May 14, 202646:11Education

Women are often told the path to success is straightforward: be confident, negotiate harder, lean in, speak up. But what happens when women do all of those things and still do not receive the same outcomes? This week on...

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