Women Breaking Through Leadership

Women are closing the gender gap at all levels of employment. All levels, that is, except top leadership positions: while women outnumber men in universities and in the first 10 years of top paying jobs, there is a sudden drop in numbers at top management levels. That is where the glass ceiling suddenly appears. Women have, sometimes more than their male counterparts, a need for balance. While men seem to walk through their lives in a straight line, women often need to juggle time and energies from different areas of their existence and then carry the burden (and the joy) of integrating them all.