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You've heard of the glass ceiling. What about the glass cliff?

12:59 AM ET Wed, 12 Oct 2016

According to the "glass cliff" theory, women might not be given sufficient opportunity to succeed, says Nick Marsh, MD at Harvey Nash Executive Search.

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