Andy Teach, a corporate veteran and author of From Graduation to Corporation: The Practical Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder One Rung at a Time, agrees.

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Their lives were vastly different from those of their mothers both at work and at home motherhood became a choice, and for many climbing the corporate ladder became a reality.

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They may be less willing to play the game of climbing the corporate ladder and more convinced skipping rungs is the new norm as they navigate the management ranks.

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When an employee has to suddenly take on a different role at work, the implications depend on whether or not they are taking on more or less responsibilities, says Andy Teach, a corporate veteran and author of From Graduation to Corporation: The Practical Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder One Rung at a Time.

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These women traveled different paths some climbing the traditional corporate ladder, some zigzagging upwards by jumping between companies, some by starting and running their own businesses.

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Certainly in Japan, women are as well-educated as men, but face major obstacles in climbing up the corporate ladder once they get married or after they have children.

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Actually, I spent more than 20 years working in corporate America climbing the proverbial career ladder in the predominantly male-dominated medical equipment industry (I never worked in government or education).

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