Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe

Have a female leader step in after that crisis.

And I think that I read a great sub stack by the author was called Digress and spoke about this a lot.

And there was a piece of research by McKinsey that was referenced that I believe the Vogue article also referenced that was saying it's actually not an ambition gap with women.

It's the support gap.

around them to support that ambition, to see that through to fulfillment.

So they're actually, it doesn't exist when the system is built to support.

And I think to highlight that gap, that perfectly holds its hand as a piece of research to say, okay, yes, there's a three-year gap between men and women.

If women were to be supported in that environment, that gap actually wouldn't exist.

Next, we're going to talk about what we actually feel like needs to change under the girl boss era and what has changed.

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I've got to say as well the uncomfortable thing, which is –

And it's ironic when you're saying, you know, to have this balance, you can also do other things.

It's not applauded at the moment to be like, I'm working really hard or I'm tired.

And I, you know, we had an interaction recently where someone was like, I love that all these girls are doing all of these things.

Like, you know, smart girls doing cool stuff, trying really hard.

It's not...

popular to say yes and that comes at the compromise of sleep or in the emigreed case it comes at the compromise of spending time with my children or it comes at the compromise of not working from home.

They're not celebrated things and I do think there is a tension at the moment and

And potentially a generational tension that is people who've been brought up with the girl boss that are trying to unlearn and people who've been brought up professionally in the COVID era going, what do you mean I have to go into the office three days?

Or what do you mean that I have to come in on the day that's my work from home day?