Catalyst released some interesting statistics about women in business in the United States this month.
Check out some of the information available in the Catalyst U.S. Women in Business report:
Percentage of women in the U.S. labor force: 46.3%
Percentage of women in management, professional and related occupations: 50.6%
Percentage of female Fortune 500 corporate officers: 15.4%
Percentage of female Fortune 500 board seats: 14.8%
Percentage of female Fortune 500 top earners: 6.7%
Percentage of female Fortune 500 CEOs: 2.4%
Here are some statistics from the Catalyst Women CEOs of the Fortune 1000 report:
Number of female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies: 12
Number of female CEOs in Fortune 501-1000 companies: 10
Total female CEOS in Fortune 1000 companies: 22
Looks like the business world has a long way to go to reach anything close to equality in leadership.
Those are pretty staggering statistics; we just do not appear to be moving forward at all.
I know literally hundreds of highly successful women in business and I have so many really bright, highly astute associates right now, who all have a very broad commercial bandwidth:
Jill Konrath,Leslie Buterin, Joanne Black, Linda Richardson,Colleen Francis,Kendra Lee, Maureen Blandford,Robin Frey-Carey, Lori Richardson,Wendy Weiss,Cindy King,Cheryl Clausen,Diane Helbig,Debbie Fay,Rochelle Togo-Figa, Joan Paul,Kim Duke,Anne Miller,Tammy Stanley,Terri Dunnevant..........need I go on?
None of these richly talented female entrepreneurs would be out of place in a boardroom.
What I can tell you is that if I compiled a list of the top one hundred sales professionals that have worked for me, 70% would be women.
If I repeated the same exercise, but this time considered the best managers that have reported to me, the number would be at least 60-40 in favour of women.
Wake up America you are living in the dark ages, and frankly, you being left behind.
Tomorrow: I need to turn my attention back to the money men - and women - and remind them how it used to be.
Final thought for the day: "Bank managers are like umbrellas - when it is tipping it down outside, can you find one? But then, miraculously, as soon as the sun comes out, you are tripping over them in the hallway"
And finally, finally - to the beautiful Alice Farrington:
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