If A Company Is Not Female-Friendly, It’s Probably Suffering A Loss
Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men. Could that be true? Yep, it is. Why are they doing this? Is it the glass ceiling? What kind of businesses? Are they getting financing? What are the Good News Changes? Let’s discuss it.
Collaboration For Good Leadership
I’ve been receiving requests for more information on leadership styles for women. Of course, the same leadership style will work no matter if you’re a man or a woman, but the questions have been phrased to indicate many women are not comfortable with the autocratic style of leadership, where the leader dominates the team with a one-sided approach to reach an objective.
If you’re not comfortable with that style, there are other choices. Collaboration is one that many women tend toward—what I mean is they can be really, really good at it!
Can Television Change Stereotypes?
In the US there are two weekly shows competing for the popular television audience: Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle. They have a bit of something for everyone—which is what, I guess, is needed to catch people’s attention in the television market. They also have something in common—they both show executives who are women—women who can take charge.
Do We Still Have A Glass Ceiling Because of Stereotypes?
I think we have a problem at work, but just in case I’m exaggerating, I’ll give you the statistics and let you decide. In the beginning, or at least for a very long time, women have been 51% of the population. In 1950 women made up only 29% of the workforce. Today women are half our workforce (46.5% to be exact). Half of our midlevel managers are women—that sounds fair to me. But, and here’s the big but, women are only 15% of the top two tiers in the Fortune 500. So let’s do the math: Men are 85% and women are 15%. That’s a huge difference—discrepancy—handicap. At least in my mind it is. How do you feel about this? (Your comments are important to me.) What do you surmise is the reason for the 85-15 Handicap?
For Everyone’s Benefit, Men Are Removing The Glass Ceiling
“Men are accelerating the women’s revolution,
because it’s good for their daughters and good for business.”
—Nancy Clark
I was asked recently what I thought was the major obstacle facing the working woman. There are a number of minor hurdles, but the major obstacle by far is Not Being Promoted As Fast As A Man.
What factors are causing this? Let’s take a look.
Female Entrepreneurs Are Starting Twice As Many Businesses As Men [6:29m]: