{"id":14249,"date":"2019-09-13T09:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T14:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/?p=14249"},"modified":"2019-09-13T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T17:27:34","slug":"lean-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/editorials\/lean-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Instead of ‘leaning in,’ women leaders are opting to ‘lean out’"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve been reporting on how many of \u201ctruisms\u201d about women in the workplace are actually myths. Women do ask for raises and try to negotiate – they just aren’t heard<\/a>. Women do<\/em> possess the qualities<\/a> that our culture looks for in leaders – they simply aren\u2019t seen as being “feminine” characteristics<\/a>, and so are coded negatively. <\/p>\n

One of the most pervasive of these gendered myths is the concept of \u201cleaning in.\u201d As famously defined by Sheryl Sandberg, the advice to \u201clean in\u201d and volunteer for additional responsibilities at work implies that women aren\u2019t already doing so. That\u2019s false (and a harmful stereotype<\/a> to perpetuate).<\/p>\n

No matter the industry, women do<\/em> lean in. The truth is they often aren\u2019t given credit for it when they do.<\/p>\n

It should come as no shock then that after \u201cleaning in\u201d and not receiving additional credit, better compensation, or increased recognition in their companies \u2014 many women and minorities are getting frustrated with trying to change a status quo that isn\u2019t interested in changing. Instead they are opting to \u201clean out.\u201d <\/p>\n

They are simply leaving and creating opportunities elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One example of someone opting to lean out is Allison Baum<\/a>, recently profiled by Quartz. A VC professional, Baum tried leaning in at her company only to receive minimal appreciation. She attributes this lack of progress to the way that her corporation wasn\u2019t set up to help women succeed. <\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/a><\/em> ran a shocking report last year about the negligence of many of society\u2019s safety systems (like seat belts!) that failed. Literally. They failed to incorporate women\u2019s bodies as part of their designs. <\/p>\n

Eventually, Baum left and founded her own VC firm. Leaning out allowed her to not only create an opportunity for herself, but to in turn create more opportunities<\/a> for women and other minorities in the tech field. <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in a position of authority, or are in a position where you are thinking of how you can best build your company so that all your employees can succeed, let Baum\u2019s story illustrate the restrictions of only<\/em> thinking about business in a \u201ctraditional\u201d fashion. <\/p>\n

In order to encourage the diversity that you need to grow and thrive, the very fabric of your team or organization must be built with more than one image of success in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(EDITORIAL) Many women have tried to “lean in,” but as that sets many back, they’re opting to “lean out” and forge their own path. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337707,"featured_media":14251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[516,1234],"class_list":["post-14249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","tag-leadership","tag-real-estate-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/woman-at-whiteboard-happy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14249"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14255,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14249\/revisions\/14255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}