With Lord Davies’ report on equality in the Boardroom due out later this week, there has now been a poll conducted amongst almost 3,000 members of the Institute of Leadership and Management, which suggests that women have exchanged their glass slippers for a glass ceiling.
Over 70 percent of the women polled – and remember that these are already high achievers – believed that the glass ceiling is still a barrier to the top jobs, whereas fewer than 40 percent of men thought that it even exists.
One quick fix to the problem of diversity in the workplace, where a mere 12 percent of Directors in FTSE 100 companies are female, would be positive action, or quotas. However, Penny de Valk, Chief Executive of the Institute, has been quoted as saying that “although they drive compliance, they do not necessarily drive a commitment to the more fundamental changes that are required."
According to the poll, one of those changes might be in the way in which women perceive themselves as business leaders. Apparently a high percentage of the women polled felt that they lacked confidence and career ambition but, interestingly, more of them aspired to run their own business than achieving higher status within an organisation.
All of which might mean that women have actually come a long way from their glass slipper days. Modern women are apparently happier running their own show, with around a quarter of Directors of SMEs being female. The hero of the story might actually be a heroine.
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