Viewpoint: Women’s Career Trajectories Can Be a Model for an Aging Workforce

Business leaders need to understand that women’s career shapes may be different than the up-or-out model still dominant in most talent management programs. Many women accelerate their careers after 50. But employers also need to create more flexible systems for all employees so that people can work where and when they want (spurred along by the COVID-19 work-from-home revolution)—and so that they can craft the path that works best for them across decades.