Cynthia FortlageCEO, The FORTLAGE Collective · I help senior leadership teams turn difference, disagreement and complexity into stronger leadership & measurable business performance | Founder, 4P Leadership Accelerator | Author & Board Advisor

Gender Bias in Leadership: The Step J Analogy #substack #shorts

18 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Cynthia Fortlage. This content was uploaded by Cynthia Fortlage. This is a YouTube short titled "Gender Bias in Leadership: The Step J Analogy #substack #shorts" (created 2025-07-18T11:56:07+00:00). The excerpt features a single speaker using a leadership analogy to illustrate gender bias—arguing that a male leader making a bold move is praised while a woman doing the same is criticized for "skipping step J." It's commentary on perceptions of leadership and gender bias.

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I use the analogy from my leadership work. And I talk, and I know you work with leaders as well. And so, I talk about the idea you can have a male leader who I say they kind of go from A to Z. They take this giant leap and they go, "Oh my gosh! Isn't he an amazing leader? He's so brave. That's phenomenal." And he has a particular outcome that's positive. All good. And if you have a woman leader do the exact same thing with the exact same outcome and they go to her, why did you skip step J?