The author of this article said she had received many emails from women, asking her if she really felt there was a glass ceiling for women.
She refers to a new term that two authors feel fit the issue better, labyrinth; meaning a place constructed of intricate passageways. I also feel that is a better term than glass ceiling. Glass ceiling indicates that it is a dead end and there is no way to get past the obstacle. The term labyrinth, gives hope. It acknowledges that it will be challenging, but that you just have to find your way through the "passageways".
The author also provides a few tips in regards to the glass ceiling: don't use it as an excuse, create a career strategic plan, do your research, and quit thinking about a glass ceiling. In the article, she goes more in depth.
http://blogs.forbes.com/work-in-progress/2010/11/22/is-there-really-a-glass-ceiling-for-women/
I agree that the term labyrinth is a better term to use as the women are crackng the glass ceiling. As we learn more leadership skills and approaches I wonder if leadership is a problem that many of these women have a ahrd time showing or if they are given the chance to show their skills in leadership at all. However, as 2011 continues on I agree that a new term needs to be given to this problem. This term gives women the hope that one day corporate america will be equally 50/50 between men and women.
ReplyDeleteDr. Sheep's feedback for your team:
ReplyDeleteIn general, you are off to a fair start on your blog. Although you have found some interesting articles and posts from other more widely read blogs from magazine authors, your own blog needs to rise to the level of analysis, as we discussed in class. You are summarizing (reporting on) what your linked articles state, but you are not applying anything specific from the textbook for the purpose of analyzing what you have found in terms of leadership concepts or theories.
It would seem that, since your entire blog is mostly about gender issues in leadership (using the title “the glass ceiling”), you would need to take it upon yourselves to read Chapter 13 in Northouse (“Women in Leadership”) very thoroughly. You should be applying some of those concepts and models to “glass ceiling” (actually, “labyrinth” is the term used in the chapter) and other concerns of women in leadership. From reading your posts, it is not apparent that you have applied any of those concepts (or from any other chapter specifically) or read the chapter.
For example, one of your posts comments on the use of the term “labyrinth” in a blog that was linked, but only states that this term was used by the author of the posted article. Apparently, there is no awareness or reference that there are multiple sections on the “labyrinth” in Chapter 13 (pp. 304-316). In other words, no course concepts are applied, and it doesn’t seem as though you have looked at the chapter that would be most relevant to your blog topic. Your team should devote quite a bit more effort to apply some specific concepts and principles from Chapter 13, or any other chapter that may shed light on what you are finding and posting.