
Four different patterns of gender bias shape today’s workplaces. Learn about all four patterns and the proven strategies successful women use to navigate subtle bias. After you’ve watched this introduction, explore our additional lectures on each of the four forms of gender bias.
In this lecture, learn how to identify and work through situations in which women have to provide more evidence of competence than men to be perceived as equally competent. Watch the video and then work through the attached downloadable "Prove It Again" Lesson Guide resource.
In this lecture, learn how to navigate the tightrope women often face between being perceived as too “masculine” (and therefore respected, but not liked) and too “feminine” (and therefore liked, but not respected). Watch the video and then work through the attached downloadable "Tightrope" Lesson Guide resource.
In this lecture, you will learn about situations in which women who have children encounter assumptions that they’re no longer committed or competent at work—or that they shouldn’t be. Watch the video and then work through the attached downloadable "Maternal Wall" Lesson Guide resource.
In this lecture, you will learn about situations in which gender bias against women fuels conflict among women. Watch the video and then work through the attached downloadable "Tug of War" Lesson Guide resource.
Four different patterns of gender bias shape today’s workplaces. The "What Works for Women at Work" course will help you spot all four patterns and give you proven strategies successful women use to navigate subtle bias.
LeanIn.Org is committed to offering women the ongoing inspiration and support to help them achieve their goals. This course is a partnership between LeanIn.Org and Joan Williams, distinguished professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law and co-author of "What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know."