Why the Glass Cliff Persists
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English - March 26, 2024 13:00 - 29 minutes - 28.7 MB - ★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsCareers Business News Business News strategy innovation leadership entrepreneurship management economics finance communication teams hbr Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It's been nearly two decades since the term "glass cliff" was coined; it refers to the tendency for women to break through the glass ceiling to top management roles only when there is a big crisis to overcome, which makes it more difficult for them to succeed. In short, senior female leaders are often set up to fail — and this continues to happen today, as recent examples from business, politics, and academia show. Sophie Williams, a former C-suite advertising executive and global leader at Netflix, has researched why the glass cliff remains a problem and offers advice for women facing them — as well as lessons for the broader corporate world. She's the author of the book "The Glass Cliff: Why Women in Power Are Undermined - and How to Fight Back."