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Research: More Than Half of Top Female Execs Were College Athletes

Harvard Business Review

And according to a newly-released study , women executives who once played competitive sports, in college or elsewhere, prefer to hire other people with athletics in their background. Half are C-Suite level executives, meaning that they serve as CEO, CFO, COO or the board of directors at a company.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Facebook’s first HR hire, she has led global people programs, been an HR Business Partner, and CFO. Dave Meltzer – CEO of Sports 1 Marketing. Provides groundbreaking university-wide coaching.