glass ceiling Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/glass-ceiling/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:09:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Glass Cliff: Women Are Set Up to Fail https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/the-glass-cliff-women-are-set-up-to-fail/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/the-glass-cliff-women-are-set-up-to-fail/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:09:17 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=52554 As women told to be more assertive and break the glass ceiling in the workplace, many have achieved the ultimate aspiration of climbing the corporate ladder. Yet, the prevalence of the ‘glass cliff’ shows even the most successful women are set up to fail. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/the-glass-cliff-women-are-set-up-to-fail/feed/ 0 Liz Truss and the Glass Cliff https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion/liz-truss-and-the-glass-cliff/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion/liz-truss-and-the-glass-cliff/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:48:56 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=30624 On the 6th of September 2022, Liz Truss formally became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Leadership race. Despite it being very early days into her premiership, there is already speculation that the newly appointed PM will be out of office by December, with rumours of no-confidence letters already being written. But why does it seem like Truss’ fate has already been sealed before her work has even begun? This could be explained by the glass cliff theory.

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