You have heard of the glass ceiling but are you aware of the cliff
edge ? The glass ceiling is that invisible barrier to promotion. The
expression was originally coined to explain why women found it so
difficult to progress to senior management post but could equally be
used to explain the absence of women and men from minority ethnic
groups. The cliff edge is where a woman or some one from a minority
group is appointed in the expectation that anyone who took up the post
was likely to fail in a career ending way. This is a self fulfilling
philosophy for those who claim a woman just has not got what it takes
to deliver at this level or that it’s the inevitable result of the
politically correct approach which prompts people to achieve equal
opportunity targets. To which the response is Equality will be when
an incompetent women can reach the same level as an incompetent man.
Blair Mcpherson www.blairmcpherson.co.uk Author of An Elephant in
the Room -an equality and diversity training manual published by www.russellhouse.co.uk