40% of board member posts should be reserved for women
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I do beleive one of the natural impediments women have is their emotional resillience under pressure in confrontational situations. I'd say they may generally be better at heading off issues perhaps, but when an inevetable head-to-head arises - whether internal or with a client/supplier - I think most women typically take ad-homs more personally. The ones that are able to master this are worth their weight in gold and there are even those -Thatcher being a notorious example - who excell to the opint of being hard as nails.
FWIW, I'm with NorthernBoy on this one; Mrs Digga is an independantly wealthy career worker. Her colleagues tell me she is their 'Rottweiller' when clients get a bit pushy on the contractuals vs. extras boundary. Being the eldest of five with three younger brothers to fight with was clearly excellent training.
FWIW, I'm with NorthernBoy on this one; Mrs Digga is an independantly wealthy career worker. Her colleagues tell me she is their 'Rottweiller' when clients get a bit pushy on the contractuals vs. extras boundary. Being the eldest of five with three younger brothers to fight with was clearly excellent training.
I agree with Tonks, Turbobloke & NorthernBoy. It should be purely down to merit, if women get far enough in their career to get on the board then good. If they take time out & change priorities to sprog then good as well. It's their choice, no-one stops them getting to the board except their own priorities.
There is now plenty of evidence that women in their 20s perform at least as well as men in the workplace, and get just as many promotions. This is in line with my own experience in the Aviation industry, where women (and gay men, btw) face few barriers to advancement.
This starts to change when women start having babies in their 30s. Many highly capable women find that their priorities change when they become mums, and career advancement becomes much less important to them. Not every woman, of course, but enough of them to significantly deplete the number of female candidates for promotion to senior management.
I am not arguing that sexism is not a factor, one only has to read this thread to see that it is still rife, sadly, but women's choices and priorities are also a major factor.
This starts to change when women start having babies in their 30s. Many highly capable women find that their priorities change when they become mums, and career advancement becomes much less important to them. Not every woman, of course, but enough of them to significantly deplete the number of female candidates for promotion to senior management.
I am not arguing that sexism is not a factor, one only has to read this thread to see that it is still rife, sadly, but women's choices and priorities are also a major factor.
Serendipity72 said:
gtdc said:
And now Radio 5 are hosting a debate with women footballers bemoaning the lack of state financial support for women footballers with children.
Women's soccer at England level is far better than men's football. MOre skilful, less cheating, more success.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff