麦肯锡公司因一名高级合伙人在其研究机构的领导岗位上发布在线评论，质疑女性高管在职场上面临的艰难挑战，而将其从该职位上撤下。
McKinsey & Co. removed a senior partner from his leadership role at the firm’s research arm after he posted online comments questioning the uphill battle female executives face in the workplace.
克里斯·布拉德利（Chris Bradley）是麦肯锡全球研究院（McKinsey Global Institute）的少数几位董事之一，该机构是公司高调的商业和经济研究部门，他在该职位上被撤职，公司周日在一份声明中表示。他仍然是公司的高级合伙人。
Chris Bradley, one of a handful of directors at the McKinsey Global Institute, its high-profile business and economic research unit, was removed from that role, the consulting firm said in a statement Sunday. He remains a senior partner at the firm.
此决定是在内部审查之后作出的，该审查是由布拉德利上个月在领英上与一位新书作者的来回评论引发的，该书讨论了女性在职场中的“玻璃悬崖”现象。相关评论已被删除，麦肯锡此前曾与布拉德利的言论保持距离。
The decision came after an internal review sparked by Bradley’s LinkedIn back-and-forth last month with one of the authors of a new book that discusses the workplace “glass cliff” for women. The comments were deleted and McKinsey previously distanced itself from Bradley’s remarks.
“在遵循我们的行为审查流程后，我们已撤销该合伙人的领导职务，包括在麦肯锡全球研究院的职务。他的公开言论远未达到我们公司所期望的标准，”麦肯锡发言人Taylor Burns在一封电子邮件声明中表示。Burns还说，布拉德利还曾担任一些内部委员会的领导职务。布拉德利在正常工作时间外暂时无法联系以置评。
“Following our conduct review process, we have removed the partner from his leadership roles, including at the McKinsey Global Institute. His public comments fell well short of the standards we expect at our firm,” McKinsey spokesman Taylor Burns said in an emailed statement. Bradley also served as a leader on some internal committees, Burns said. Bradley couldn’t be reached immediately for comment outside of normal business hours.
“玻璃悬崖”一词是由学者创造的，用来描述女性领导者更有可能在陷入困境的公司被提供首席执行官职位的现象。该理论的支持者表示，研究表明，当公司处于危机或转型阶段时，女性更有可能获得担任首席执行官的机会。
The term glass cliff was coined by academics to describe the phenomenon in which female leaders are more likely to be offered chief executive officer jobs at struggling companies. Proponents of the theory say research shows that women are more likely to get an opportunity to be CEO when a company is in crisis or turnaround mode.
布拉德利居住在澳大利亚，在被删除的领英帖子中，他称“玻璃悬崖”是‘一种非常方便的方式，让人总是像在雨中一样自认为是受害者’，并普遍质疑该概念是否甚至存在。
Bradley, who is based in Australia, called the glass cliff “a very convenient way to always be a victim in the rain” in the deleted posts and generally questioned whether the concept even exists.
麦肯锡长期致力于推动关于女性在职场所面临挑战的讨论。该公司已与雪莉·桑德伯格（Sheryl Sandberg）的Lean In倡议小组合作，连续十多年发布《职场中的女性》（Women in the Workplace）研究报告。
McKinsey has long sought to advance the conversation about challenges women face in the workplace. The company has published a “Women in the Workplace” study, compiled with Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In advocacy group, for more than a decade.