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title: "Podcast: Emotional Inequality in the Workplace"
description: If left unnoticed or poorly managed, emotional inequality and social backlash can negatively impact a person's career and seriously damage an organization's productivity.  Crucial Conversations training enables you to counteract the negative effects of open dialog.
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# [Podcast: Emotional Inequality in the Workplace](https://blog.successprogramme.com/people-culture/podcast-emotional-inequality-in-the-workplace)

 Written by [Bahar Sen & Aykan Rashidoglu](https://blog.successprogramme.com/people-culture/author/bahar-sen-aykan-rashitoglu) | Apr 3, 2019 9:00:00 PM

How would you feel if your coworkers discriminated against you just for speaking assertively? Unfortunately, gender bias is an undeniable reality in today's workplace. This study showed that when they are as assertive or dominant as their male counterparts, women's perceived competence levels by other people drop by 35%.

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