Hair, female power and the boardroom

Feb 10, 2014, 10:42 PM

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There's something about hair and power.

Perhaps it all started with the story of Samson in the Bible. All his strength was in his hair. Once it was cut off, he became powerless.

Our regular columnist Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times thinks she's noticed a correlation between hair, women and power in the boardroom.