Posted by Twain on September 28, 2009

28 Sept 2009: inspirational people

At long last the FT has started to publish a list which celebrates the female contribution to business:

Although some of the entries are being debated on the FT‘s forum, I for one am thankful to the FT for their move in a good direction. Personally, I believe that stronger companies are fostered when senior level executives are a mixture of male and female minds.

Interestingly, Fortune created their own Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2004 so the FT is lagging about five years.

* http://www.forbes.com/2004/08/18/04powomland.html

For the record, my best boss so far was male and my worst one was female — although gender had nothing to do with their competence or managerial effectiveness. Some people simply have that brilliant combination of being super-smart, strategic, dynamic, inclusive, meritocratic, collegiate and having a GSOH which makes reportees not only want to be part of their team, but also prepared to go those extra miles and do that extra work with them.

Anyway, I noticed that several key female technologists aren’t on the list like Marissa Mayer of Google, Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook and they didn’t include Oprah Winfrey who seems to make most lists.

0 Comments
Categories: Management practice
Tags: , ,