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Any women in this group?

Curious if the admins are thinking about this too and if there is some representation in here or lots of "corporate bros".


Representation in sales is

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GeneralCorp
Notable Contributor
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General of The War Room
All I'll tell you in regards to numbers is after next week it should be close to 50/50. This has been an ongoing conversation and I've had several meetings with my Lady Savage braintrust to work on this. 

V top of mind I'll say that. 
Stardust
WR Officer
4
President
After being the only woman in a room for decades I'm immune to all the testosterone BS.  Totally don't see it anymore - just noise. 
Trinity
WR Officer
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BusDev
+1
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
1
Account Executive
Very cool. Glad to hear it!
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
2
Account Executive
Good question
MajorB
WR Lieutenant
2
AE
I'm interested to see the end result of this poll. Will we be at industry standard? More? Less? @GeneralCorp - is there are goal in mind? Reflect the reality of 80/20 male/female in sales, or skew toward female to get better representation? Soooo curious. 
GeneralCorp
Notable Contributor
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General of The War Room
I sure hope its not the 80/20 reality. Tryna change that shit. 
wahmsales
WR Officer
0
SDR
I assumed that the poll will be answered by more women because men will be less likely to click on a post called "Any women in this group?"
SalesJane
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President
The whole vibe is pretty masculine, tho, TBH...  the jargon is all militant and it feels so much like what I've been seeing at sales meetings for years.  I love this concept - I love the posts I've seen - but from the first minute I thought, "this isn't the space for me" based on the branding and approach.
avatarsarehardtothinkof
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Enterprise Account Executive
Exactly my thought - when I saw how this was marketed & the language around it couldn’t help but roll my eyes and think it’s not going to be for me either but I am in here anyway since let’s be real, we’re used to this in our professional lives and just have to make the most of what this might offer. Looking forward to a future with more diverse sales leadership so this isn’t the norm. 
SalesJane
2
President
Right - you're so spot on.  There's so few women in sales and especially in sales management, and I dont know if hiring managers recognize that positioning counts.  When I read words like "hunter mentality" and "war room" and the like, it automatically tells me this is a locker room sales floor.

And there are plenty of studies including a Harvard study that shows that masculine-coded words keep people from applying to jobs - and probably joining otherwise helpful communities like this one.

Here's a good resource to check for coded language:  http://gender-decoder.katmatfield.com/about#masculine
natkap244
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Account Manager
Women can go to war too.
avatarsarehardtothinkof
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Enterprise Account Executive
Of course, they do it everyday in one form or another...
sillyseller
Valued Contributor
0
Sr. AE
Sales gal over here - 1 of 4 women on my hunting team and we humbly outperform every other team (3 others) in the company. Shoutout to my boss sales women out there!
jak2323
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VP of Sales
this place seems super...well..."bro"ish. The word Bravado as a case in point on the overall vibe here: bravado meaning 'boldness intended to impress or intimidate.' In my 10+ years experience those are fatal flaws for sellers. But I'll give this place a chance and see if there are good conversations to learn from.

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