A study at the University of Saskatchewan is aimed at creating a pathway for more women to assume leadership roles. Researcher Megan Walsh feels a process she calls the “stereotype threat” is holding women back. Walsh believes it can start during childhood when girls who buy in to the notion they aren’t as good as boys at math will underachieve on tests. She says the same thought process can happen in adulthood where women adhere to false stereotypes of being warm and communal while lacking the dominant and authoritative qualities needed for leadership positions. Walsh hopes to review the findings of as many as 200 women who take their mindfulness training course which utilizes meditation to help keep subjects focused on the task of the moment and not distracted by the beliefs of others. It’s a four-week on-line session with classes limited to 25 participants meant to bring greater attention and heightened awareness to the present. Walsh pointed out only five-percent of the top jobs at Fortune-500 companies are held by women and is convinced there is a connection between that statistic and the “stereotype threat”.