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    The document discusses the glass ceiling phenomenon, which refers to artificial barriers that prevent women and minorities from advancing to managerial and executive positions. It provides statistics showing that women hold just one in four senior leadership roles and only 12% of CEO positions worldwide. The document then examines factors that contribute to the existence of glass ceilings, such as psychological and gender bias, as well as ways companies can work to combat glass ceilings, like understanding the issue, conducting blind screenings, and implementing diversity goals and anti-discrimination policies.

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    Breaking the

    glass ceiling
    BIS Presentation

    JOJIS P JOSEPH
    About the “glass ceiling”

    The glass ceiling is a metaphor referring to The phrase “glass ceiling” is Glass ceilings are often the
    an artificial barrier that prevents women used to describe the difficulties result of unconscious bias –
    and minorities from being promoted to faced by women when trying to instinctive, underlying beliefs
    managerial- and executive-level positions move to higher roles in a male- about ethnicity, gender, age,
    within an organization. dominated hierarchy. sexuality, social class, religion,
    and so on. This may be largely
    unintentional.
    Worldwide, women hold
    "one in four" senior
    leadership roles. But if we
    look at who's running the
    company, just 12% of
    CEOs are women.

    So is business giving women a bad deal?


    Let's look at silicon valley, where women hold just one in ten senior
    position. A recent survey of the world's tech powerhouse asked women to
    reveal their workplace woes, and it wasnt pretty.
    60% had faced unwanted sexual advances, 65% felt left out of from
    social events, because they were a women and 84% had been told
    they were too aggressive.
    Statistics about the
    glass ceiling
    It sounds like in many
    cases, women aren,t just
    hitting the glass ceiling, Ultimately, women end up quiting tech jobs are more than double
    they might also be the rate of men.
    climbing a broken ladder.

    So, why is a more balanced


    boardroom so important?
    Research suggests that
    companies led by mixed-
    gender teams actually
    deliever better results.
    By focusing on policies that
    reduce or eliminate the glass
    ceiling, companies can ensure
    that the most qualified candidates
    hold decision-making positions.
    Additionally, research has shown
    that diverse groups are more
    successful in making decisions
    than homogeneous ones, which
    has the effect of signaling to
    companies that eliminating the
    glass ceiling can positively affect
    their bottom lines.
    Why there exists glass ceiling?
    Let’s consider a few factors that contributed to the development of the glass ceiling and common gender
    discrepancies in the workplace.
    ° Psycholoigical factors
    ° Gender bias
    One study found that more than 42% of women (compared to 22% of men) experience discrimination in the
    workplace. Those acts of discrimination come in the form of:
    • Earning less than men who do the same job
    • Being treated as incompetent
    • Experiencing microaggressions regularly
    • Receiving less support than men who do the same job
    • Missing out on important career opportunities
    • Feeling isolated
    • Not receiving a promotion
    • Getting rejected from a job
    ° Leadership style issues:
    ° Family demands etc.
    Ways to combat the glass ceiling
    Let’s take a look at some ways :
    ° UNDERSTAND THE GLASS CEILING
    ° CONDUCT BLIND SCREENINGS
    ° IMPLEMENT REGULAR BIAS AND STEREOTYPE TRAINING
    ° SET DIVERSITY HIRING AND PROMOTING GOALS
    ° ESTABLISH ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICIES
    Thank You

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