For half the global population, menopause is a natural part of life — one that just happens to overlap with the age at which employees are most likely to advance into top leadership positions.
In the United States, the average CEO is hired at the age of 54. But that's also around the age that women showing physical symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes. And according to new research, menopausal women are often seen as less leader-like, less confident and less “emotionally stable” than…