IAn invisible barrier keeps women from reaching the executive suite. ${?}^2$ What are the reasons for this barrier? ${?}^3$ Researchers have found that women tend not to be in the "pipeline" that leads to the top$-$marketing, sales, and production$-$positions related to the corporate bottom line. $4$Instead, women are more likely to be working in human resources or public relations. SSome say the reason women aren't in the "pipeline" positions is the male corporate culture. $6$Men, who dominate the executive suite, tend to stereotype potential leaders as people who look like themselves. They also stereotype women as better at providing 'support" $-$ Another fundamental reason for the barrier to women's entering the executive suite is that women$-$even those who are in pipeline positions$-$lack mentors, successful executives who will take an interest in them and teach them the ropes.

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