Comments on: Another top woman drops out…. http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/03/10/another-top-woman-drops-out/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/03/10/another-top-woman-drops-out/comment-page-1/#comment-12525 ER Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:24:48 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=6501#comment-12525 The statistics are pathetic. So are the Fortune 500 companies that work to keep women out of the top CEO spots. However, these companies may be missing out on something here. Studies are beginning to show that adding more women in leadership positions improves company performance: <blockquote>Catalyst found that stronger-than-average results prevail at Fortune 500 Companies where at least three women serve on the board of directors. http://www.catalyst.org/publication/200/the-bottom-line-corporate-performance-and-womens-representation-on-boards In France, Michel Ferrary, a professor at the business school Ceram, recently conducted a study that concluded that French companies with the greatest percentage of women in management have performed the best during the crisis.</blockquote> We do need to vote based on gender. The statistics are pathetic. So are the Fortune 500 companies that work to keep women out of the top CEO spots. However, these companies may be missing out on something here. Studies are beginning to show that adding more women in leadership positions improves company performance:

Catalyst found that stronger-than-average results prevail at Fortune 500 Companies where at least three women serve on the board of directors. http://www.catalyst.org/public.....-on-boards

In France, Michel Ferrary, a professor at the business school Ceram, recently conducted a study that concluded that French companies with the greatest percentage of women in management have performed the best during the crisis.

We do need to vote based on gender.

]]> By: Amy Siskind http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/03/10/another-top-woman-drops-out/comment-page-1/#comment-12427 Amy Siskind Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:48:12 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=6501#comment-12427 Cynthia, It would be a really neat case study if you could find out from Julie why Susan stepped down. There's usually a story floating around that the newspapers can't confirm so they don't write about. Cynthia,

It would be a really neat case study if you could find out from Julie why Susan stepped down. There’s usually a story floating around that the newspapers can’t confirm so they don’t write about.

]]> By: Cynthia Ruccia http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/03/10/another-top-woman-drops-out/comment-page-1/#comment-12426 Cynthia Ruccia Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:38:01 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=6501#comment-12426 Proctor and Gamble is based in Cincinnati Ohio. I am told by Julie Graber of the Institute on Women, Gender, and Public Policy at Ohio State University that not one of the Fortune 500 companies headquartered on Ohio has a female CEO. So much work to do..... Proctor and Gamble is based in Cincinnati Ohio. I am told by Julie Graber of the Institute on Women, Gender, and Public Policy at Ohio State University that not one of the Fortune 500 companies headquartered on Ohio has a female CEO.

So much work to do…..

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