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- April 2, 2013
- Article
Has the Glass Ceiling Been Shattered for Women Leading Major Companies?
With all the talk recently about the need for women to "lean in," the phrase that has gained instant currency with the publication of Sheryl Sandberg's book about how women should act more aggressively in pursuing their careers, it is worth asking: Has the glass... View Details
Keywords: Women And Leadership; Women; Glass Ceiling; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Gender
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Has the Glass Ceiling Been Shattered for Women Leading Major Companies?" Huffington Post, The Blog (April 2, 2013).
- 27 Jul 2016
- News
The world's glass ceilings
- 2021
- Book
Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work
By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
Why does the gender gap persist and how can we close it? For years women have made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States. In 2019, the gap between the percentage of women and the percentage of men in the workforce was the smallest on record.... View Details
Keywords: Women; Career; Gender Gap; Glass Ceiling; Gender; Employment; Personal Development and Career; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Culture; Diversity; Management; Strategy
Ammerman, Colleen, and Boris Groysberg. Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2021.
- June 2014
- Article
How Non-Native Speakers Can Crack the Glass Ceiling
By: Laura Huang, Marcia Frideger and Jone L. Pearce
Huang, Laura, Marcia Frideger, and Jone L. Pearce. "How Non-Native Speakers Can Crack the Glass Ceiling." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 6 (June 2014): 27–28.
- 06 Mar 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?
On Friday, we will celebrate International Women's Day 2019, an annual event to promote the advancement of gender equality and gauge our progress across many domains. In business, researchers tell us, progress is happening but is still slow. There are more women on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- April 2021
- Case
Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ilene H. Lang
By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Ilene Lang started her career in technology at a time when the tech sector was new and women had only recently entered the workplace in large numbers. Over the next thirty years, she built a career spanning large and small tech companies, leading global teams and... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and Colleen Ammerman. "Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ilene H. Lang." Harvard Business School Case 421-070, April 2021.
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
Jane Fraser Named CEO of Citi, Breaking Wall Street’s Glass Ceiling
Jane Fraser (MBA 1994) was named the next CEO of Citigroup on Thursday. When she takes the reins in February, she will become the first woman to lead a major American bank. Fraser will replace Michael Corbat, who was named CEO in 2012, when the bank was still reeling... View Details
- April 2021
- Case
Glass-Shattering Leaders: Barbara Hackman Franklin
By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Barbara Hackman Franklin was one of the first women to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School. She went on to break barriers in the private and public sectors, rising to leadership positions in business and government. In the 1970s, she led a successful White House... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and Colleen Ammerman. "Glass-Shattering Leaders: Barbara Hackman Franklin." Harvard Business School Case 421-073, April 2021.
- April 2021
- Case
Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ana Paula Pessoa
By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Ana Paula Pessoa built a career at the largest media conglomerate in Latin America, combining a passion for digital transformation with a commitment to doing work that had a positive impact on society. Having grown up during a dictatorial military regime in Brazil, the... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and Colleen Ammerman. "Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ana Paula Pessoa." Harvard Business School Case 421-071, April 2021.
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
world in which his two daughters can follow their ambitions, without a ceiling that limits their potential. On a practical level, Ammerman and Groysberg hope Glass Half-Broken helps women understand what... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
gender scholar and a father, Groysberg longs for a world in which his two daughters can follow their ambitions, without a ceiling that limits their potential.On a practical level, Ammerman and Groysberg hope View Details
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Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs ( Princeton University Press, October 2002)
By: Rakesh Khurana
In this book, I argue that the external CEO labor market was born in a burst of rhetoric about wresting control of corporations away from a group of self-interested insiders, as senior managers in the era of managerial capitalism had come to be portrayed. The rationale... View Details
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Women at HBS - Alumni
opportunities. Related Content Women at Work podcast Women, Power, and Influence – A 7-part series from Harvard Business Review (Sept. 2019) What’s Really Holding Women Back? ( Harvard Business Review , March-April 2020) Has the Glass... View Details
- Profile
Peggy Mativo-Ochola
As the daughter of two pioneering civil engineers in Kenya, Peggy Mativo-Ochola learned to be ambitious. "I saw my mother as a woman who broke glass ceilings and my father as a man who strove for... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
marginalized racial and ethnic groups were 54 percent less likely to be promoted than whites, and women were 36 percent less likely to be promoted than men, despite diversity efforts by advocates and government regulators. Bias-driven workplace practices didn’t just... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
WSA Conference Set for January
representing industries such as health care, manufacturing, retail, not-for-profit, venture capital, and financial services. Speakers will share their own experiences in becoming corporate leaders and their views on breaking the glass... View Details
- 21 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Managing Human Capital—Global Trends and Challenges
Investments in early childhood development are investments in a society's future human capital. The glass ceiling not only holds back women, it holds back business competitiveness. A sound diversity strategy... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Thomas