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PART TWO: THE BATTLE BEFORE US

White women and black confront different challenges as they strive to advance in the white-collar workplace—challenges that derive from their different histories and conceptions of workplace equality. For black women, invisibility denies them the advocacy and backing they need to break out of middle management. For white women, ambivalence toward power acts as a brake. For all women, however, forward progress depends on cultivating sponsors: leaders who will create opportunities for them to shine and keep them on track to fulfill their leadership potential.