Glass Half-Broken

 

CHAPTER 5

BECOMING A GLASS-SHATTERING ORGANIZATION

A Systemic Approach to Closing Gender Gaps

Companies today are well aware of a pervasive gender imbalance in leadership, and the vast majority see this phenomenon reflected in their own executive ranks. In the words of one (male) C-level executive at JPMorgan Chase, “The more senior the group, the fewer women there are. And yet, if you look at some of the younger groups—people that are right out of college and a little further along in their careers—there’s a more balanced representation. We’re losing very high-quality talent, and there’s no reason we should have this much asymmetry as we progress.”¹ Such a statement could have come from nearly any company leader, given the persistent underrepresentation ...