Day one of entering the corporate world, I vowed to break through the glass ceiling.
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And that was an amazing accomplishment, but that position was also her glass ceiling.
"There should be no stained-glass ceiling for women in our church, " she told MPs.
Instead of stopping a woman getting into tertiary education, you stop her at the glass ceiling.
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Even in the U.S., some experts say the glass ceiling doesn't affect job satisfaction.
There was a huge glass ceiling or, really, actually it was a concrete ceiling, for women drummers.
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Everyone talks about the glass ceiling and having to knock on the glass ceiling to get ahead.
The glass ceiling in Japan is known as the bamboo ceiling, and is even harder to break.
She hit the glass ceiling, and watched men she once trained promoted up the ladder ahead of her.
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All the same, there does seem to be, to use the modish phrase, a glass ceiling for women.
For more about getting to the top, see 3 Ways Women Can Push Through the Glass Ceiling.
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Otherwise the glass ceiling will remain firmly in place, no matter how hard women bang their heads on it.
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This crack in the glass ceiling seems like a positive sign toward progress.
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On the upper level of the foundry, below the glass ceiling, stand row upon row of rolls of brightly-coloured fabric.
Ask yourself, to what extent is the perception of a glass ceiling harming your talent recruitment, retention, engagement and development?
Even if most women don't want to break the glass ceiling, Wolfe says, the few that do shouldn't be ignored.
And she worked her way up to become a vice president at a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling.
As more women face the challenge, the proverbial glass ceiling will keep cracking and hopefully, one day it will break apart.
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Since women comprise half of the managers and other professionals in the American workforce, the glass ceiling still seems formidably thick.
All the while, she always had time to speak out about the Glass Ceiling and opportunity for women in the workplace.
"It traditionally has been more difficult for women to break the executive glass ceiling than the legislative glass ceiling, " Collins said.
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My Good Hostess badge which I proudly earned has been replaced with badges that reflect that the glass ceiling has been broken.
For years (decades, really) we have been bombarded with advice on professional advancement, breaking through that glass ceiling and achieving work-life balance.
This desire was more prevalent than pushing through a perceived glass ceiling.
The glass ceiling, despite reports to the contrary, is alive and well.
Legal reform itself has a role to play in breaking through the glass ceiling of corruption toward achieving the rule of law.
Less talked about is the glass ceiling in Myanmar that is preventing legal reform from becoming full-fledged rule of law: endemic corruption.
Mrs Merkel may yet break through another, rather different, political glass ceiling.
Which does lead into my next question: what does it take for women to break through the barriers and reach the glass ceiling?
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Last spring, I posted a column on this blog arguing that, in the pharmaceutical business, the glass ceiling looks a bit like cement.
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