You almost had me.  I was reading along thinking that although this hasn't been my experience, and the article was poorly referenced, it is probably true in many cases.  Then I got to this statement right at the end of the article:  "She said she made it clear to subordinates they will be judged partly on how many women and minorities they advance."  What an astonishing abuse of power for a supervisor to tell subordinates they will be judged on how well they advance candidates based on gender and race.