Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 6th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart,Patrick Wright

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A Ceiling above a Ceiling
British consulting firm 20-first sees a second glass ceiling for women who have risen to an organization's board of directors. Among the directors, those with the greatest role in making decisions and defining strategy are the members of the executive committee. But especially outside the United States, female directors are much less likely than their male counterparts to serve on their board's executive committee.
Furthermore, of the women who do land a spot, the majority hold staff positions such as head of the legal or HR department, rather than running sales or operations-suggesting that companies are not actively developing women through stretch assignments in line positions.

What do the data presented here suggest to you about how an employee development program could help an organization seeking greater diversity in its leadership