Carrol Cox wrote:
>But capital, not a particular administration, is our enemy.
What's capital? How do we find it/them?
Doug
^^^^^
CB: I think them's mostly men.
http://www.freep.com/features/living/women24e_20051024.htm
MARGARITA BAUZA: Getting to top tough for female executives
Men still have more jobs, better pay October 24, 2005
BY MARGARITA BAUZA FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
As more women than ever enter the workforce and graduate from college, a new study to be released today shows how tough it still is for them, particularly in Michigan, to reach the top levels of big companies -- and to earn as much as men once they get there.
FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN MICHIGAN .Women make up 5.7% of all top-compensated executives, down from 7.1% in 2003.
.Women on the board of directors make up 9.9% of all Index 100 directors, up slightly from 9.6% in 2003. Index 100 refers to the 100 publicly held companies headquartered in Michigan with the overall highest value in company stock.
.Not a single Michigan Fortune 500 company has a top female officer, down from four in 2003.
.Of the 85 companies on the 2003 list that also appear on the 2005 list, 21 lost points compared with 17 that gained. The rest stayed the same.
.Only 13 companies scored 10 points or higher, compared with 18 in 2003 -- a 28% decline.
.Not a single board chair is a woman -- the same as in 2003.
.Only 21 companies have at least one female officer.
.Only 10 companies have more than 20% women on the board of directors, and 40 have no women on their board of directors.
Source: 2005 Michigan Women's Leadership Index
The 2005 Michigan Women's Leadership Index, commissioned by Inforum, formerly the Women's Economic Club, shows there are no women in the top five most-compensated executive positions at any of Michigan's 20 Fortune 500 companies.
That's down from four women two years ago, when the study was last conducted. Nationwide, 5.2% of Fortune 500 executives were women in 2003. The numbers for 2005 are not yet available.
http://www.detnews.com/2005/careers/0510/24/A01-358953.htm
Monday, October 24, 2005
Brandy Baker / The Detroit News
Leslie Murphy, a partner at Plante & Moran, worries women may steer clear of Michigan, which trails its counterparts nationwide in promoting and retaining women in the most powerful jobs.
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Exec suite still closed to women
Michigan leaders' ranks drop 20%, trailing counterparts in other states in climb to top.
Glass ceiling?
Women in business, has it become easier or harder for you to move up in the ranks?
