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We’ve broken the glass ceiling, but have we overcome? – Luz Longsworth

WESTERN BUREAU: Women have shattered glass ceilings, claimed executive offices, and risen to the highest levels of leadership. But Dr Luz Longsworth is challenging the notion that reaching the top means the battle is won. “We have broken a lot of ceilings, but we have not overcome,” the veteran academic and corporate leader declared last Wednesday evening, warning that women’s growing presence in…

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‘Leadership is not a title’

WESTERN BUREAU: Just two weeks after telling young Jamaicans that leadership was a lifestyle, not a title, Montego Bay Deputy Mayor Dwight ‘Debo’ Crawford has died suddenly at 48, leaving western…

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