Women Lose Ambition Once They Get To Work

Women Lose Ambition Once They Get To Work Last week a report crossed my desk from Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Company, which contains some statistics that took me aback. It says that women are much more ambitious than men when they first arrive at new jobs. Some 43% say they aspire to reach a top management position. By contrast, only 34% of men share that goal at the outset of their careers. But, even more striking, just two years into the job, women’s goals fall off a cliff. At that point only 16% say they want to become top managers, while men stay steady at 34%. The report is called “Everyday Moments of Truth: Frontline managers are key to women’s career opportunities.” It aims to help managers encourage women’s ambitions at work, and all these statistics appear in its first few pages.