## Metadata - Author: [[wikipedia.org|Wikipedia]] - Full Title:: Glass Cliff - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff - Finished date:: [[2023-02-27]] ## Highlights > The **glass cliff** is a hypothesised phenomenon of women in leadership roles, such as [executives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_business) in the corporate world and [female political election candidates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_government), being likelier than men to achieve leadership roles during periods of crisis or downturn, when the risk of failure is highest ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gt9ht81qj4gfd6epkfwrhxew))