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Even When Women Ask for a Raise, They Don’t Ask for Enough

Harvard Business Review

Margot, my client, was offered a “great” job as the CFO of a fledgling unit within her company. In her landmark study published in 2003, Linda Babcock found that women don’t get ahead at work because they don’t step up and ask for money and promotions. She did the CFO role well for a few months. My first thought?