“Even once they become leaders, women are expected to take on hidden work”
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I first heard about the glass cliff at the World of Women festival I attended last year where I was able to listen to the panel that discussed this phenomenon. So when I saw Sophie, who was on the panel, was publishing a book about the topic, I knew I had to read it!
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This book is so insightful and informative and so validating. It discusses what happens if women (especially woc) are able to break through the glass ceiling and be in a position of power. Does it mean you’ve made it? Or is there another barrier that you now have to deal with?
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This was written in an easy to understand way with compassion and had action points to help anyone that finds themselves on the glass cliff.
It goes through explaining what it is, how it impacts us and real life situations we’ve seen happen to women in positions of power.
How it doesn’t necessarily mean you were bad at your job and how much extra burden women have to take on. How they are treated with a different standard than men (especially white men).
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I listened to the audiobook and read the book and I highly recommend listening if you enjoy audiobooks. It kept me engaged and narrated by Sophie too.
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One of my fave reads this year already and I know I will keep coming back to it again and again.

I enjoyed the subject matter of The Glass Cliff. I’ve always been interested in this phenomenon since learning more about it when Elon Musk appointed a woman as the CEO of X. The book is informative and well researched. I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I had read the book instead of listening to the audiobook. At times it felt difficult to follow and I found it tricky to keep up with it. It really took away from the reading experience. Still a great read and would recommend!

Many of us who have worked in corporate culture might be aware of this concept called 'glass ceiling'. I had attended a few workshops on this topic, so coming across a similar title in the book was an immediate green tick to read.

The book starts by introducing the readers to workplace biases, followed by live stats, examples and an overflowing account of instances when and where they occur. According to the book, these prejudices are not limited to just women in the workplace, but the whole universe of ethnicity (anyone other than white male). Another great area that I felt was the highlight of this book was the point of presenting a female in a leadership position, which in the majority of the cases is only when a male or the role cannot fill it is already set to doom.

Carrying the zest of discrepancies forward, the book then delves into a map that extends alternate ways of countering such situations. The book is informative but could have been more crisp by devoting a major portion of the section that talks about tackling them rather than about providing lengthy attestations of their existence. The book may also be better suited to be consumed in a physical book format as the audiobook gets a bit overwhelming.

Thank you @netgalley @macmillan.audio @sophiewilliamsofficial for the Audiobook ARC.
Genre: #nonfiction #business #leadership
Rating: 3.5/5 ⭐️

**Listened on audio book**

I usually love Sophie Williams - but I really struggled with this book. I found the writing to be really complicated, and had to listen over bits a few times. I found the choice of case studies to be pretty dull and I switched off. I don't think the book knew what it was, it tried to be too many things and then the point became lost. Was it about Williams and her perspective? Was it about famous businesswomen? Was it about psychology and sociology?
Just didn't enjoy it! Not what I expected based on the title and tagline - it doesn't 'do what it says on the tin'

I liked the fact that Sophie Williams narrated the audiobook herself, but this was the only positive for me.