A long piece that reads short. Politico Magazine editor Susan Glasser, writing from the trenches, on what it means to be a woman leader in this profession: The leaders who succeed are the ones who are allowed to make mistakes, who have the time and space and breathing room and support from their bosses to push and prod, experiment and improvise until they get it right. Because all of journalism is in the midst of upheaval right now, and that Silicon Valley cliché about failing in order to succeed really does apply. It turned out I did not really have the support of my boss, and I believe that to be the actual—and much more prosaic—story of many of these contretemps over controversial editors and executives who happen to be women. Their owners and stockholders and supervisors hire them to be change agents—to embrace the digital transformation and make something great of it all the while happily collecting credit for hiring a woman in the first place—but then don’t stick around when the change comes and the backlash ensues. Don’t just take my word for it. There’s even a study to prove it. Thanks, Jennifer Mendelsohn, for the link.
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 12:26:42 +0000
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