Displaying what women bring to corporate boards, the story of Spanx founder Sara Blakely conveys the benefits of gender diversity.…
A One is Enough Gender Gap Problem
A new study showing the prevalence of a “one is enough” cap on the number of female top executives at many firms confirms a continuing gender gap.…
The Boardroom Still Has a Glass Ceiling
Our Monday gender issues blog: With Mary Barra soon ascending to the top of GM, she will also become the fifth woman on their 12 person Board of Directors. The boards of only 4 other Fortune 500 compa…
How Might the SEC Relate to SNL?
Starting with an excellent New Yorker magazine profile of SEC Chair Mary Jo White, I wound up at Saturday Night Live. First, some background on Ms. White: A tough federal prosecutor and top partner at…
Yahoo's New CEO
Headline from CNN Money: “New Yahoo CEO Mayer is Pregnant” 1992: The title of a male CEO’s speech that was reprinted in the Christian Science Monitor: “A Pregnant CEO: In Whose…
Do You Believe in "Pink Quotas?"
Italy has just declared its “pink quota.” A new law mandates that by 2015, women should be one-third of all board members for listed and Italian state-owned firms. Currently, the total is …