February 18, 2005 2:44 PM
Breaking through the glass ceiling ain't all it's cracked up to be
Posted by Diane Danielsonat 2:44 PM
In the wake of Carly Fiorina's firing, today's Boston Globe looks at the difficult life of a female CEO. To sum it up, there are fewer of them (14 out of the top 1,000 companies = .01%); they get fired quicker (average tenure for a female CEO = 4.8 years; male CEO = 8.2 years); and they only get opportunities in companies in great turmoil (hence, exacerbating the failure rate).
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