Glass Cliff
- “what is the glass cliff”
- “glass cliff vs glass ceiling”
- “glass cliff examples”
- “is the glass cliff real”
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Glass cliffvsGlass ceiling
The short answer
The ceiling stops the promotion. The cliff grants it on doomed terms. The cliff is the crueller mechanism precisely because it looks like a win — and because failure then gets recorded against the person rather than the position.
Side by side
| Aspect | Glass cliff | Glass ceiling |
|---|---|---|
| You get the job | Yes | No |
| Visible as discrimination | Barely | Somewhat |
| Blame lands on | The appointee | Nobody |
| Named | 2005 | 1978 |
Which one you meant
Readers who land here meaning Glass Cliff rather than Glass ceiling are usually searching for phrases like “what is the glass cliff”, “glass cliff vs glass ceiling”, “glass cliff examples”.
Glass Ceiling
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- “who coined glass ceiling”
- “glass ceiling vs broken rung”
- “does the glass ceiling still exist”
Which came first
Glass ceiling. 1978 — Marilyn Loden coins the phrase in a speech.
- 1978Glass CeilingMarilyn Loden coins the phrase in a speech.
- 11 November 2003Glass CliffA newspaper article reports that FTSE 100 firms with women on their boards performed worse, and concludes women were wreaking havoc on UK companies.
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