The glass ceiling is what I perceive to be the layer between the various management groups within an organization - between workers, managers and the various levels in between.

In most cases the glass ceiling acts as a barrier for good ideas to work their way up the chain to actual implementation. As well as acting as a barrier for true information dissemination from the higher ups to the folks actually involved at the ground level.

Does it really mean that just because you are younger and more inexperienced your contributions aren’t valued? Not really. To drive innovation you need young fresh blood, tempered with experience only people years in the industry can give you.

I have been fortunate to have worked with very open minded groups of people in all the organizations I have been a part of (yes, I have been counting my blessings). This has prompted a much faster increase in my learning and subsequent career direction than would have been otherwise possible.

A good manager is one who understands the boundaries of the corporate world, yet allows his team to experiment and test these boundaries.

If you have experienced this glass ceiling, were you the one enforcing it or trying to break through?

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