Half of women are in middle management and yet, less than 10 per cent are in C-suite. So what’s stopping women from stepping up and taking on more roles in senior management?

Articles and research papers by INSEAD and other institutions reveal the challenges women face at their workplace, and what both organisations and women themselves can do to make leadership opportunities available to all genders.

INSEAD staff and alumni also share their views and experiences on the issue.

REFERENCES

WHY DO CORPORATE BOARDS NEED MORE WOMEN?
Guoli Chen, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Strategy | December 2, 2014
http://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/why-do-corporate-boards-need-more-women-3728

CONQUERING GENDER BIAS
Herminia Ibarra, INSEAD Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Professor of Organisational Behaviour with Benjamin Kessler, INSEAD Knowledge Web Editor  | October 24, 2013
http://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/conquering-gender-bias-2924

EDUCATE EVERYONE ABOUT SECOND-GENERATION GENDER BIAS
Herminia Ibarra, Robin J. Ely, and Deborah Kolb, Harvard Business Review | 21 August 2013
https://hbr.org/2013/08/educate-everyone-about-second/

SHATTERING THE GLASS LABYRINTH OF FEMALE LEADERSHIP
Caroline Rook, Visiting Scholar at INSEAD, Europe Campus | April 1, 2015
http://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog/shattering-the-glass-labyrinth-of-female-leadership-3929

RESOLVING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN “WOMAN” AND “LEADER”
Natalia Karelaia, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences | June 1, 2015
http://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/resolving-the-conflict-between-woman-and-leader-4069

HOW WOMEN AND MEN INTERNALISE THE GLASS CEILING
Benjamin Kessler, Asia Editor & Digital Manager for INSEAD Knowledge | March 17, 2016
http://knowledge.insead.edu/career/how-women-and-men-internalise-the-glass-ceiling-4587