The Importance of Voices: Another study to show why women and minorities are not in leadership

A study coming out from University of Western Ontario by Alison Konrad and Ryerson University Margaret Yap says so much, although unwritten within the content of the article in the Business Section of the Toronto Star by Gloria Er-Chua. However, I ask the following questions: Are we to expect polices to be formulated from this research on barriers to get to the C-Suite, re gender and race? The research explicitly names gender and race as the bottleneck of promotion in middle management in Canadian companies. I agree that minority women face a double whammy for promotion like the authors, but what about women who are differently abled and are of diverse sexual orientation? Where are they located within the research results? I hope to read the full report soon.

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