After the Glass Ceiling, a New Concept Can Ruin Your Career: the Glass Cliff

Have you ever heard of the glass cliff? This term, coined in 2004 by Michelle K. Ryan and Alexander Haslam of the University of Exeter, refers to an icy reality: women who manage to get to management positions get there especially when the company or organization is in crisis. In plain terms, they are promoted to the edge of the precipice, exposed to failure as soon as they reach the top. In their study published in the magazine British Journal …