From Springfield News Leader authored by Gregory J. Holman: “Alberta Ellis ran a series of Route 66-oriented businesses in the Springfield area in the 1940s and ’50s. Now the attention of Missouri State University and a Los Angeles-based filmmaker is turning toward Ellis and women like her. “Alberta was an amazing entrepreneur,” said Katrina Parks, the […]
Category Archives: Breaking barriers
A Path for Gender Parity in the C-Suite
From Associations Now authored by Mark Athitakis: “Men and women are equally qualified to lead, but what’s going on when nearly all new corporate leaders are men? A recent informal study suggests a path to parity. Talking about differences between men and women leaders is a tricky business. Nobody wants to lean on generalizations about […]
Railey: Woman leader set the stage for generations of leaders, period
From Winston-Salem Journal authored by John Railey: “Sophia Cody of Winston-Salem died last weekend at the age of 97, but her legacy will long live. She was a compassionate and humble leader with Goodwill Industries who played a leading role in the push for a rehabilitation facility. And she was a savvy businesswoman, the state’s […]
Here’s how women leaders should respond to all-male panels: Comment
From Financial Post authored by By Kara Alaimo: “Last month, Goldman Sachs hosted a conference in London on disruptive technology. Out of 76 speakers at the event, five were women. That was hardly an anomaly: At last year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, for example, all of the speakers on a panel about helping women thrive were male. (The moderator […]
A Proven Way to Win in Business: Have a Daughter, Hire Women
From The New York Times authored by Claire Cane Miller: “Here’s one of the surest routes for men to think of women as equals: Have a daughter. In Silicon Valley, the venture capitalists who invest in tech start-ups are significantly more likely to hire a female investing partner if the hiring partners have daughters, according to […]
