There’s ample and compelling evidence that organizations benefit from increased gender diversity, including improved profitability, innovation and decision-making. But despite that, the vast majority of female workers keep knocking their heads squarely into the metaphorical glass ceiling, unable to rise above middle-management positions.The numbers are startling. According to a recent study performed by Catalyst, a nonprofit research group, women account for nearly 47 percent of the national workforce, yet only a little more than 5 percent of them are chief executive officers. Another survey performed several years ago by McKinsey & Company revealed that 140,000 women at 60 leading U.S.
