Comments on: US falling behind in women’s leadership

By: Miki Saxon

Miki Saxon — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:15:53 +0000

Miranda, I think bigotry in general is alive and well—it’s just gone underground.

I also think that changing demographics will do more to help crash the various ceilings, glass among them, out there than anything else.

By: Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:57:59 +0000

Thanks for the great post, Miki! Every March (Women’s History Month) I ponder women in leadership. And it a rather sad thing that we are so far behind in the U.S.

And, honestly, when you look at some of the things that still go on, and garner very little outrage, you realize that the way women are still treated in a lot of ways that amount to the last socially acceptable form of bigotry.

By: Miki Saxon

Miki Saxon — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:40:29 +0000

Dana, I couldn’t agree with you more about the waking up, but I’m not going to hold my breath. American “leaders” seem incapable of recognizing, or maybe just accepting, that the US isn’t still the world leader across the board. That reality is pretty indigestible to a great many people.

By: Dana Suazo

Dana Suazo — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:26:26 +0000

I had no idea until I read your post that we lost our lead to other areas in Europe. Thanks for the information. Obviously we do need to wake up and make some changes.

By: Miki Saxon

Miki Saxon — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:52:52 +0000

Moot question, Mike, since that law could never be passed here. But give it a couple of decades for retirement and death to do their work and maybe it’ll change.

Of course, Europe will likely cream us in the meantime, but the old guard (not all of whom are old) probably considers that a small price to pay.

By: Mike Chitty

Mike Chitty — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:53:37 +0000

I am not convinced that the Norway route is the way to go. Representation in the Boardroom needs to be on merit not by quota. The isssue is how do you get the board recruitment committees to understand that the right representation of the female psyche on the board will add to the (triple) bottom line.

My worry is that forcing the uptake of female directors through legislation which serve to further stiffen the resistance of the ‘old guard’.