The Energy Within Us: An Illuminating Perspective from Five Trailblazers

You've heard of the glass ceiling.It's the barrier holding women back from breaking through to the highest echelons of corporate America. A few women are promoted to those power seats, but the realm of leadership in America's top companies remains mostly male--and mostly white.If striving for success in that reality weren't daunting enough, some women face an additional barrier: the black ceiling.That's the barricade blocking African Americans from ascending into the top levels of corporate leadership.Black women who aspire to become senior executives or CEOs face the double obstacle of the glass and the black ceilings, especially in certain industries where the statistics for female and black representation are discouraging.Think about how difficult and disheartening it might seem as a black woman aspiring to excel and transcend to a corporate leadership position through the glass ceiling and the black ceiling in the historically white male energy industry.We are five African American