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By Douglas M. Branson

ISBN-10: 0415872952

ISBN-13: 9780415872959

ISBN-10: 0415872960

ISBN-13: 9780415872966

Not till 1997 did a feminine turn into leader govt officer of a Fortune 500 company (Jill Barad, at Mattel Toy Co. Women’s growth considering that that point has been in matches and begins, highly gradual. The variety of ladies CEOs reached four in 1999 in basic terms to slip again to two in 2001. in the meantime, whereas now not achieving something forthcoming parity, ladies made major strides in politics (as senators, cupboard secretaries and governors), in not-for-profit spheres (as CEOs of overall healthiness care and clinic companies or of United manner chapters, with budgets of billions of dollars), and at schools and universities (23 % have girl presidents or chancellors). at the moment, 3%, or 15, of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.


After studying intimately the educations, profession progressions, pronouncements and observations, in addition to kin lives, of the nineteen girls who've risen to the pinnacle (sitting and previous CEOs), this ebook asks, and makes an attempt to respond to, questions:


Why haven’t extra ladies reached the CEO suite?How may girls in enterprise greater place themselves to ascend to the pinnacle?

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