Women in Mgmt

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Reaching the echelons of management was once a male dominated sport, but over the years the number of women reaching these privileged clubs has brought to light the importance of women in this place. Time and again they have proved their mettle, moreover being the more serene sex; they bring with them an essence of management which when complemented with their male counterpart, meshes to form an ultimate recipe for progress. Some of the great inspirations who have become CEOs are:

* Meg Whitman, HP

* Virginia Rometty, IBM

* Indra K. Nooyi, PepsiCo, Inc

* Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed Martin

* Ellen J. Kullman, DuPont

Despite this growing trend, statistics do have a way of killing the buzz, and so do those stats that say there are still less than 4.2% women CEOs in the fortune 1000 companies. In 2010, only 14.4 percent women held Executive Officer positions at Fortune 500 companies and 7.6 percent of top earner positions. (source: http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/women-ceos-fortune-1000).

Based on age old thought processes, men who were viewed as the Bread winners had the responsibility of working and providing for the family and this mindset hasn’t changed over the ages, so men are always expected to work for the family. What does the above story tell you; it says that by default women are expected to be the home makers and manage the kids and household chores. Most women in the workplace have to deal with much more than that, especially early on when they have to suffer a break in their careers for pregnancy, which can cause lots of psychological changes in them. Leading psychologists say that men are 150% focused than women on achieving leadership roles in their chosen professions. No wonder so many women have a falling out or give up on having careers that are as successful as their male counterparts.

To add to this some middle and south East Asian cultures even forbid the women to work at a job, further...