Truth, Lies & Work

# gender

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19:43The gender split in financial confidenceAl Elliott: Ruth, can I just quickly jump in and ask you there? You said that the gender split is 50/50, but in both of your experiences, is the kind of like the attitude, as in like the shame of not having money, is thaEP 272 · 3 Feb 2026·panel interview· 19:43–21:3629:17Apologising too much: how to stop and multi-generational communicationCheryl Robinson: It irks me when women constantly apologize, and there are some men who feel the need to constantly apologize, but it's mainly women Leanne Elliott: Self-confidence Cheryl Robinson: Yes, I believe a big pEP 205 · 12 Jun 2025·interview· 29:17–42:366:51Beyond masculine vs. feminine energyElina Teboul: Yeah. And again, this is because it's not about gender, then we can say that there are certain strengths and values and principles associated with the feminine archetype. And those are things around intuitiEP 197 · 15 May 2025·interview· 6:51–9:4813:53Why support still skews towards mumsAl Elliott: It feels like, and potentially this is just the algorithm, but it feels like there's lots of stuff out there for working mums, but there doesn't seem to be so much out there about male or caregivers or workinEP 191 · 24 Apr 2025·interview· 13:53–15:008:47Political correctness gone mad: calling staff love or darlingAl Elliott: Okay, well, let's go on to talking of genders and old white people, old white men like me. Let's go on to this question, which I thought was quite funny. This is, I'm guessing this is someone from the UK, jusEP 175 · 27 Feb 2025·interview· 8:47–12:2149:08Female managers refusing to meet male menteesAl Elliott: This last one I've got here is, and it's an interesting one, a female manager won't meet male mentees. And I'm, and just to understand, I think mentees is a mentorship situation where it's The person, so thisEP 175 · 27 Feb 2025·interview· 49:08–52:3220:47Gender differences in anger (and what surprises people)Al Elliott: Yeah, I think one of the things that probably surprises people the most is the nature of gender differences when it comes to anger, because people have, I think, a myth about anger. A pretty prominent myth isEP 163 · 16 Jan 2025·other· 20:47–22:5712:44Being a female founder in a male-dominated industryAl Elliott: I have a question which you may be offended by, and I hope you won't be, but do you feel that as a female entrepreneur that it was You had to ask more, you had to be more dogged than perhaps if you were male?EP 155 · 19 Dec 2024·interview· 12:44–16:3817:20Is it easier for men to dress to impress?Al Elliott: Keep that in. Welcome back. I have a feeling I'm about to get schooled here, but I always felt that it was easier for women to dress for work because for— as, as a woman, then you've got more options than we EP 149 · 28 Nov 2024·interview· 17:20–20:5023:05Diversity and inclusion: how far have we really come?Leanne Elliott: Annabelle is a young female professional in what might be seen as a traditionally male-dominated industry. We had to ask her if she had felt any kind of discrimination at work. No, I don't think so. I've EP 141 · 31 Oct 2024·other· 23:05–23:4010:42Does the motherhood tax hit professional services harder?Leanne Elliott: Lydia and Amelia's mum was an accountant. So does the motherhood tax impact women in professional services more, or is it a trend across industries? Similarly, is this just the case for women who are a feEP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 10:42–13:3716:04Do men actually negotiate better — or is that a myth?Lydia & Amelia (Ivee co-founders, merged ch): Really interesting. Really, really interesting question. And there's, yeah, there's an amazing organizational psychologist at Stanford called Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer who's EP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 16:04–20:2638:16Gender differences in expressing angerRyan Martin: I think one of the things that probably surprises people the most is the nature of gender differences when it comes to anger, because people have, I think, a myth about anger. A pretty prominent myth is the EP 81 · 8 Mar 2024·interview· 38:16–40:1428:31How do you get diagnosed? The gender health gap and late diagnosisAl Elliott: All right, on to our next question. How are you going to get diagnosed as neurodivergent? So it's definitely a real thing, and we know this, we know it's underdiagnosed, but how do people actually know they'rEP 41 · 31 May 2023·panel interview· 28:31–34:4018:07Publication bias and the gender questionAl Elliott: Mm-hmm Al Elliott: We actually have a lot in common. We both use behavioral science to help people do better at work Leanne Elliott: The audio destination. Or Business professionalsEP 10 · 3 Nov 2022·other· 18:07–20:31

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