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E32: How to Identify & Manage the Dangerous Glass Cliff to Enhance Your Career as a Woman
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E32: How to Identify & Manage the Dangerous Glass Cliff to Enhance Your Career as a Woman

Build Your Brave Career for Women in Tech · Nicole Trick Steinbach

September 9, 202126m 14s

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Show Notes

1. The glass cliff is a known phenomenon of historically disadvantaged people and groups being offered opportunities to achieve leadership roles during periods of crisis or downturn, when the chance of failure is the highest. 

2. Nicole’s specific glass cliff experience. Her male predecessor took three years to mess up an effort, Nicole was given nine months. Did she succeed? 

3. Suggestions on how you can ask the right questions before you dive into potential a glass cliff position...or decide to avoid the situation.

4. And what do you do when a glass cliff situation just gets thrown on your desk? Nicole shares some tips that were very hard-earned. 

 Full Show Notes of this episode 

Resources:

 Episode 21 - How to make your next promotion inevitable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff

 https://hbr.org/2011/01/how-women-end-up-on-the-glass-cliff

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelperegrine/2021/02/28/the-glass-cliff-challenge-for-corporate-governance/?sh=21e54db1240e

Have you ever experienced a glass cliff situation and you want to share your story? Reach out, I’d love to have you on my podcast.

Contact me via [email protected]  

 

For more information on how you can build your brave:

[email protected]

https://tricksteinbach.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/

https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

 


 

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