NOUN
- a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions
How To Use glass ceiling In A Sentence
- There was the glass ceiling, the unequal pay, and while feminine qualities of leadership transformed the work world, they did so often at a cost to personal life.
- In her current role she broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman to reach senior management level in the company.
- Goodhue shattered the glass ceiling as the first female publisher at Time Inc.
- In her current role she broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman to reach senior management level in the company.
- Highly capable women fill comparable roles in other sectors where the glass ceiling is much less of an issue. Times, Sunday Times
- We've got to recognise that many women in our organisation, for example, perceive a glass ceiling.
- There's the anecdotal phenomenon of the woman who manages to break through the glass ceiling, but kicks the ladder away so no other women can usurp her position.
- Today, guests can see the room where the nuptials took place, sample his work in the drawing room, and admire a stained-glass ceiling inspired by his poetry.
- Or maybe the concept of a glass ceiling is as old-fashioned as a chastity belt. Times, Sunday Times
- So to reach a glass ceiling is highly commendable, in a way. Times, Sunday Times
