Unconscious Bias surfacing in performance reviews

Women face a tricky balancing act every single day: expected to lead but penalised for how they do it.

A Textio analysis of 23,000 performance reviews (Oct 2024) found:

📌 76% of high-performing women received negative feedback vs. 2% of high-performing men.

📌 88% of top-performing women were critiqued on their personality—called "abrasive, bossy, emotional." Just 12% of men received the same.

📌 Men were more like to receive feedback focused on skills, achievements, and contributions—not personality.

This reflects deep-seated biases, often unconscious. 

Awareness is just the first step, real change happens when we challenge biases, take action, and rewrite the narrative.