Be Your Own Mentor
Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success
Chapter One
Wise Up
JUST THE FACTS:
12.5% of corporate officers are women.
4.1% of top earners are women.
6.2% of top managers are women (chairman, vice chairman, CEO,
president, chief operating officer, senior executive vice president, executive
vice president); 154 women versus 2,488 men.
7.3% of "line"-revenue-generating-positions are held by women.
2000 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners
(New York: Catalyst, 2000).
I'd like to be able to tell you that the glass ceiling has cracked
and fallen in shards on the floors of executive suites everywhere. Like
you, I've noted in the national media something of a "been there, done
that" attitude about women's advancement in business, government, the
professions, and academia. Every time one woman makes it, whenever
there's any good news on the gender front, there are those who rush to
believe the problem's solved.
A 1999 lead editorial in The New York Times noted, "There is still
institutional resistance to women at some companies. Until recently,
few companies have had women in senior posts who could serve as role
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