[jackblemming]

No merit alone doesn’t work. You absolutely need to be both charismatic and that guy who’s constantly asking their boss what they can do for promotions or more money. Bonus points if you’re tall. That’s pretty much it.

[pempem]

Being male doesn't hurt.

[rajin444]

Yes, being tall and assertive is more common among males. What point are you trying to make?

[lhnz]

His point is that a tall and assertive woman would be less likely to be made CEO than her male contemporary.

[pempem]

Thanks :) that is in fact my point!

https://hbr.org/2016/04/if-theres-only-one-woman-in-your-can...

There are more CEOs of large U.S. companies who are named David (4.5%) than there are CEOs who are women (4.1%) — and David isn’t even the most common first name among CEOs. (That would be John, at 5.3%.)

[rajin444]

Are we able to construct experiments to test this? I’m not sure how that’s possible given the confounds we don’t have the ability to control for (genetics being a huge one). Looking at group level statistics can’t provide a definitive answer due to this.

If you have some links that prove otherwise I’d love to see them!