12 Habits Holding Women Back at Work

Guests: Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith, Authors of “How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion or Job” Almost half of the workers in America’s big businesses are women. But as you rise through the ranks of these companies, the percent of women narrows like you’re moving to the top of a pyramid.  Only a quarter of executives are female and an even smaller percentage sit on corporate boards. And when you get to the top of the pyramid, fewer than 6 percent of CEOs in large American corporations are women. Discrimination is certainly at play. But leadership experts Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith say there are 12 habits common among women, that may also be holding them back. Ironically, these same habits worked to their advantage when they were at the bottom of the pyramid, but they’re a barrier to climbing higher.