Mar 17, 2014 · By launching a campaign to ban the word “bossy,” Sheryl Sandberg planted important seeds for many more women to become leaders. But for these seeds to blossom, the rest of us need to...

Dec 10, 2016 · Women are more likely to be branded as “bossy” in the workplace, leading to negative consequences. Get our 4 recommendations to ban "bossy" stereotypes.

Jul 12, 2016 · So this is for all of you boss ladies out there, and five reasons why you should embrace your bossy nature. 1. Too pushy? You mean natural born leader. There is absolutely nothing wrong with knowing what you want and how you want it done, and when you are a boss female you have no issue with expressing this to anyone who asks.

Dec 22, 2024 · Nobody wants to be a “bossy girl.” The connotation is negative. Kids don't want to be friends with somebody labeled as bossy any more than management wants to promote adult women who are labeled as bossy. The message is clear: be feminine, be soft, be non-threatening, don’t hurt feelings, be quiet. Those are behaviors that will be rewarded.

Have you heard about the campaign to #banbossy? It will advance women empowerment and help us increase our vocabularies if we stop calling girls bossy. In fact, there are many better, more accurate ways to describe women and girls than “bossy,” according to a recent BlogHer post by Julie Ross Godar.

Apr 24, 2014 · When London Business School asked 2,218 women managers if the word had ever been applied to them, 54% said they’d been called bossy at some point, or at more than one point, in their careers. “A...

Feb 28, 2018 · When a man takes charge, he’s a leader. When a woman does it, she’s being bossy. Even the word itself is ridiculous; it underlines this double standard. Why would “bossy” be an insult?

Mar 10, 2014 · Along with her co-sponsors, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Girl Scouts CEO Ana Maria Chávez, Sandberg is asking people to stop referring to women as “bossy,” especially...

Jan 7, 2021 · Being bossy isn't a negative thing like most people want to believe; rather, being a bossy woman means you are strong, fierce, independent, and know what you want.

Mar 12, 2014 · Call a little girl “bossy” and she starts to avoid leadership roles because she’s afraid of being seen as unlikeable. People are already wary of assertive women at work, but call a woman...