Kevin Roberts, the chair of advertising company Saatchi & Saatchi, probably still doesn’t know what hit him. He announced his resignation today after being put — very publicly — on a leave of absence for being gender blind. Like most executives I work with, he probably was proud of his blindness. We’ve raised a generation of men — and many women — who pride themselves on ignoring gender totally. In their minds, like Roberts’s, “the fucking debate is all over.”
The Saatchi Ouster Shows Leaders Need to Be Gender Smart, Not Gender Blind
Kevin Roberts just lost his job over opinions many managers share.
August 03, 2016
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