ABSTRACT
Kate, a newly minted manager, was excited to attend her very first leadership staff meeting. She had recently been promoted to lead a team of five sales professionals. She had worked hard for this promotion: six years at the company, where she often spent nights and weekends demonstrating to the management team that she had the skills and commitment to move up the chain of command. Kate was simultaneously proud and apprehensive to be the only woman seated at the leadership table and one of the few women represented in senior leadership overall at the company. She felt honored to be pioneering the path for other women in the organization and hoped that company executives would recognize the value of having more women in management.
