Women in Leadership? Maybe Next Year
The news from Catalyst a New York based non-profit that focuses on women in management, delivered gloomy news today. There is still little room for women at the top. There were no significant gains made over the last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: board of directors, corporate boards, employee attitudes, female executives, gender parity, hiring, leadership, management
Is the Job Interview Overrated?
Tags: board of directors, career transitions, Ebay, female executives, Hewlett-Packard, hiring, interviewing, James B. Stewart, Leo Apotheker, management, Meg Whitman, Michael Useem, msnbc.com, phone interviews, The New York Times, University of Pennsylvania
Criteria for Joining A Corporate Board
I recently interviewed Constantine Alexandrakis a search consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates in Chicago, who also has responsibility for corporate officer searches.
He’s noticed a gradual shift upwards in the last decade of the percentage of women on the boards of the S&P 500 ( a different number than David Matsa used) from 12% to approximately 16% now.
Asked why the number isn’t higher, and he gives a tutorial on how a hypothetical board search considers specific skills for an open board position. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: board of directors, executive search, management and leadership skills, women on corporate boards
