The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Cannot Rock the Boardroom

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🗓️ 6 January 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Is it a myth that women can have it all, all of the time? Or do the rising numbers of female executives in Hong Kong and around the world suggest otherwise? Does the glass ceiling exist as a barrier to the boardroom, or is the only limitation to a woman’s professional success her personal ambition? To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, Intelligence Squared Asia brought together four experts to ask whether a good mother has time to be a good CEO. In this debate, which took place in Hong Kong on 3 March 2014, award-winning journalist and author Allison Pearson and author of “Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection” Debora Spar proposed the motion. CEO of Newton Investment Helena Morrissey and CEO of SOHO Property Zhang Xin opposed the motion. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.3	coming to you from the very heart of Hong Kong. And you know what? It's the first for
1:08.1	Intelligence Squared. We have an all-female panel. So, surprise, surprise. Our topic today has a female-related theme. You know everywhere in the world, professional women are really breaking the barriers. There are more female executives than every before. The number is rising, admittedly, from a low base, but it does show that the
1:28.9	glass ceiling is being broken. But can a woman enjoy a glittering and successful career and be a
1:37.0	great mother too? Well, that is our motion. The hand that rocks the cradle cannot rock the
1:43.7	boardroom.
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