Coaching Urged for Women – Inadequate Career Development Holds Back Female Executives, McKinsey says: Wall St Journal, April 4th, 2011
“Inadequate career development has kept women from reaching the top ranks of the corporate ladder, according to a report set to be released Tuesday by management consulting firm McKinsey & Co.” …. “To crack the upper echelons of corporate America, McKinsey says companies must groom a deeper bench of female middle managers for advancement.” … ”Joanna Barsh, a McKinsey senior partner who co-wrote the report, said companies need to spend more time coaching women and offering more leadership training and rotation through various management roles before their ambitions sour. The paucity of such assistance partly explains why women’s ambitions decline over time, said Ms. Barsh. “Barriers become insurmountable,” especially for working mothers, she added.”
