Women on Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

CNNMoney.com reported that in 2011 there were 12 FORTUNE 500 companies headed by women (although that was down from 15 in 2010). Men, even when they work within female-dominated professions, are often pushed toward administrative tracks where they are the beneficiaries of unofficial mentoring by other men in leadership positions.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 30, 2012

Hewlett-Packard, another technology company, named Meg Whitman as their CEO in September 2011. So the shift in business from informing to communicating provides great opportunity for women leadership. For example, for the first time ever, IBM chose a woman CEO, Virginia “Ginni” Rometty. And this trend isn’t just in the US.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

This is very true as it relates to organizations that are working to increase gender diversity at the leadership levels. In many organizations the influential members of leadership are still primarily men. 2 Dr. Sharon OConnor January 12th, 2011 at 7:39 pm Thanks for raising awareness on this topic.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

By Bonnie Marcus This past week I had the opportunity to not only attend the MA Conference for Women, but also to participate in a leadership panel about women and corporate board positions. In fact, companies with more female representation, outperform companies don’t have women.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 31, 2013

That’s despite the fact that there has been so much discussion about the need for boardroom diversity and more diversity in the C-suites, particularly for women to fill more of these positions. Almost half of F500 board seats in 2011 are occupied by directors without CEO experience. in emerging markets, and just 5.6%

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