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Rethinking business | We need to welcome 'femininity' into leadership

We need to welcome 'femininity' into leadership

The recent hit Barbie film brought a lot of interesting discourse into the public sphere.

A monologue which involved America Ferreira’s character speaking candidly about the nature of being a woman hit a raw nerve for many across the world. This ‘paradox’ being the societal pressure for women to be paradoxical entities; confident but not a show-off, thin but not too skinny, to be a ‘girl boss’ but not too bossy.

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