Women's C-Suite Equality Is Only 100 Years Away
- Women more likely than men to cite stress as career obstacle
- Fewer than half of employees believe companies' equality talk
Why Do Women Keep Hitting the Glass Ceiling?
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For all the talk about their progress in corporate America, women are moving ahead so slowly it will take more than a century for them to reach parity in top positions, according to a new study.
“Women face greater barriers to advancement and a steeper path to senior leadership,” says the study, conducted by McKinsey & Co. and LeanIn.org. Fewer women than men at every level hold the type of operating, or “line,” roles that lead to the C-suite, the report found, based on a poll of 118 large companies in North America and 30,000 employees.