The following article, published in Harvard Business Review, discusses the dearth of women in leadership roles in the medical field and identifies several factors preventing them from climbing the hospital hierarchy. Among the named influencers are: implicit gender and maternal bias, system-wide policies that disadvantage women, and sexual harassment. The article makes several recommendations on how to remedy the disparity of representation, such as the institution of family-friendly policies, methods to mitigate bias, discrimination and sexual harassment, and improvement in mentorship, sponsorship and targeted funding for women.