Can nice women get ahead at work?

Can nice women get ahead at work?

“For women who conform in certain ways to the expectation that women are friendly and warm, the consequence for them is that their skills can be overlooked,” notes Marianne Cooper, a sociologist at the VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab at Stanford University and the lead researcher for Sheryl Sandberg’s bestseller Lean In. Conversely, women who get noticed for their high performance and technical skills are often viewed with suspicion and resentment.