IMAGINE you're a ball facing a ladder. Your goal is to climb it to reach other balls resting on the branches of a tree. You manage the first few rungs but then a broken rung makes it impossible for you to go higher, leaving you with no room for better opportunities. In business, this kind of obstacle is common and is called, what else, "the broken rung."
Despite modern society continuously propagating equality, there remains a notable gap in the discourse surrounding the intersectionality of motherhood and female leadership, especially when climbing up the corporate ladder. Hence, they often deal with the broken rung. The Women in Business 2024 report, for example, found that just 19 percent and 17 percent, respectively, of chief executive officer and chief operating officer posts were held by women.
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