In the fifth segment of the Broad Experience, a show on women, workplace and success, Ashley Milne-Tyte, a regular contributor to Femme-O-Nomics, tries to find out whether the big fuss around female entrepreneurship actually amounts to anything.
While Avon’s chief executive is stepping aside gracefully, Yahoo’s former leader made a dramatic exit.
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There’s good reason to follow the women who successfully made it to the top echelons of companies – they act as necessary role models for the rest of us. But dwelling on numbers suggests there are dark forces at work keeping women down, whereas the explanation may lie with women themselves. After years of navigating the corporate world, some women come to realize that their values are not in sync with striving for the C-suite. They ask themselves, “Do I really want to be CEO?” Often, the answer is no.
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Highlights from today’s news include Bachmann’s response to being called a “flake” and the future of a New Zealand CEO who thinks women are less productive, and should be compensated less, because of their monthlies.
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