Managers, stop overlooking women’s potential

Managers, stop overlooking women’s potential
Women tend to get promoted on their past performance, men on their perceived potential. (Image: Depositphotos)
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By Sarah Green Carmichael Young women are just as ambitious and qualified as young men, but they're not getting promoted to managerial roles at the same rate, according to a new report by McKinsey and by LeanIn.org, a global movement to help females to achieve their ambitions. The discrepancy persists at every level of management. By the middle and senior management levels, the lack of women is painfully obvious. For every 100 men promoted to management, only 87 women are. Among black women, that number falls to a dismal 54.The re...

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