As soon as a woman fails in the executive suite, it’s immediately said: She can’t do it. That’s not true – and is even dangerous. The management team of German companies has never been so female. And these women have the power to change the economy.
There are reactions that are so expected that they seem like a reflex. One such reflex is the question: Why do they all fail? This refers to women who give up their management positions in business after a relatively short period of time and usually not entirely voluntarily. As soon as a top manager leaves, it’s intuitively certain that she’s another woman with whom it doesn’t work out. The prominent departures in the past few months? It can’t be a coincidence – or can it?