What's common among Pepsi Cola, Yahoo, Xerox, Kraft, DuPont and Sara Lee? Not much, you might feel. But what is striking is that all these global firms currently have a female Chief Executive Officer (CEO)! We live in exciting times - and this is true more than ever before if you are a young woman in most parts of the industrialised world. By this, I do not restrict my definition to the western world; trends are evident that women have cracked the glass ceiling, and there is a distinct rise in the growth of what some have labelled 'female power' in developing nations too.
A lot of data is on offer and some may view this with certain circumspection. Consider this: By the close of 2010, 60 percent of graduates across Asia, America and Europe will be women. And, that estimate indicates that about half of the American workforce is female, including 51 percent of the professional workers......... read more>>
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