The Huddle Leadership Podcast - Unspoken Barriers: Navigating Gender Bias

Just when you think we’ve got gender equity 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 handled… it finds another, sneakier way to show up.

It’s not always loud or obvious. Sometimes it’s in the way someone’s confidence is misread. Or how a woman’s leadership is questioned while a man’s is celebrated. These unspoken barriers might not be written into policies, but they’re deeply woven into the day-to-day experience of work.

And they’re still here.

These aren’t just glitches in the system—they 𝘢𝘳𝘦 the system.

I had an honest and energising chat with Kate Russell on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 about the ways gender bias quietly persists in our workplaces—and what we can actually 𝘥𝘰 about it.

We talked about:

⚡ Why implicit bias is the new explicit bias
⚡The “double bind” that trips up so many women leaders
⚡ How confidence gets misinterpreted depending on who’s showing it
⚡ Why quotas and targets matter more than we sometimes like to admit (yes we went there!)

And most importantly, how 𝘢𝘭𝘭 of us can play a role in shifting the dynamic.

If this is something you’ve felt but haven’t had the words for… or if you’re up for a fresh take on an old problem… this one’s for you.

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