Hints and tips:
...Mulcahy at Xerox, for example, began her career in HR, but moved into senior operational positions before becoming CEO....
...also appeared on primetime ITV programmes, resigned from the broadcaster last week and was released by his talent agency YMU after acknowledging an “unwise, but not illegal” relationship with a younger male...
...the broadcaster’s biggest stars, resigned from the network — admitting he had “lied” to ITV bosses, his agents and the media about what he described as an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a younger male...
...There are 10 all-male boards in the FTSE 350....
...Pointing to the cliff can be risky, too, if it reinforces female and male stereotypes....
...The other reason cited for the disparity was that male-dominated boards might be less supportive of female chief executives....
...That is not enough to compensate for illiquidity, according to Diane Mulcahy, director of private equity at the Kauffman Foundation....
...In her research as an executive coach, she found that male executives were often “horrified that family-friendly policies were … only 25 per cent of the reason women left”....
...Take Xerox, where one-third of the management team are women and where Anne Mulcahy recently handed over to Ursula Burns, the first black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company....
...“Business remains a world created by males for males,” admits Isaacs and what alienates women is that “the language people fall into using is sometimes unacceptable”, as Fitzgerald points out....
...I think that if you’ve got a list of all male candidates, then you’ve eliminated 50% of the population from your candidate list…not probably the best way to find the best talent....
...Fortune magazine recently ran an uplifting cover story on Anne Mulcahy, Xerox’s chief executive, and her nominated successor, Ursula Burns....
...Who cares that Boeing's male CEO slept with a colleague and used the company e-mail system to express his ardour?...
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