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Surprise!  Women CEOs are judged more harshly for corporate-ethical failures . According to newswise.com, p eople are less likely to support an organization after an ethical failure if the business is led by a woman, the American Psychological Association reports. However, organizations led by women endure less negative backlash for competence failures than those headed by men. “Our study found that consumers’ trust in, and willingness to support, an organization after a failure varied based on the gender of the organization’s leader and the type of incident,” says Nicole Votolato Montgomery, PhD, of the University of Virginia and lead author of the study, at the site. “Women incur greater penalties for ethical transgressions because of persistent gender stereotypes that tend to categorize women as having more communal traits than men, such as being more likable, sensitive and supportive of others. Even in leadership settings, women are still expected to be more communal ...

How many times have you rehearsed telling your partner bad news?  Honey, I rammed the car through the beauty shop window.  But no one was hurt! Now a new study says that anticipating  performance before a school or work presentation can cause you not to remember what happened before the event. So who cares?  According to newswise.com,  "Performance anticipation could weaken memory because people tend to focus on the details of their upcoming presentation instead of paying attention to information that occurs before their performance," says lead author Noah Forrin, a postdoctoral fellow in Psychology at Waterloo.   "People who experience performance anxiety may be particularly likely to experience this phenomenon." Building on what previous research called the next-in-line effect , Forrin and his co-authors explored how different ways of preparing for a presentation can have an impact on the " pre-performance memory deficit, " the web site report...

So you thought all you had to do to shine at a meeting was strike a pose ?  Not exactly, according to newswise.com. Striking a power pose before an important meeting or interview is not going to boost your confidence or make you feel more powerful, says an Iowa State University researcher. "The concept of power posing – think of a Wonder Woman stance – gained popularity after a 2010 study reported that people who adopted an expansive physical pose decreased cortisol levels (an indicator of stress ), increased testosterone levels and felt more powerful and willing to take risks. However, Marcus Credé, an associate professor of  psychology  at Iowa State, says there is not a single study to support the claims that power posing works," writes the web site. Researchers were criticized because the results could not be replicated. In 2018, the researchers responded to critics by presenting an updated analysis of their own research and other studies on power posing to ...