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Despite efforts to recruit ever more women into management, the number of female leaders dwindles dramatically the closer one gets to the top....   >>>

Despite efforts to recruit ever more women into management, the number of female leaders dwindles dramatically the closer one gets to the top.



It is a conundrum that prompts soul-searching at any gathering of professional women in the industrialized world, most of whom still struggle to chart paths to the summit of business when the signposts are often hidden — or in a language that few women speak.



With noses firmly against the glass ceiling, they are heartened by a growing recognition — born largely of demographic and economic necessity — that companies need female talent to remain competitive. In their impatience for change, these women often forget that their rise to becoming half or more of the work force in many places took place recently — in the past 50 to 60 years.



In effect, men have set the rules for so long that women still feel uneasy — and traditions are hard to change.



**The excerpt above are taken from the NYT article, "For Women in the Workplace, an 'Upgrade Problem', written by Nicola Clark linked below. Do click through and read more of the state of women in business.**