This editorial is part of our GREAT DEBATE feature ‘Why Aren’t There More Women In Positions Of Power?‘
During the past few months, several highly accomplished women have assumed the helm at the world’s leading corporations.
They of course include Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty, who became the first-ever female CEO in IBM’s 100-year history; Meg Whitman’s appointment to president and CEO of HP; Denise Ramos, who was named president and CEO of ITT and most recently, Rosalind Brewer, who was named CEO of Sam’s Club.
Clearly, the growing ranks of women in leadership are influencing management thinking around the world. Virginia, Meg, Denise and Rosalind join powerful CEOs, such as Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo, Ursula Burns of Xerox, Ellen J. Kullman of DuPont and Padmasree Warrior of Cisco, who challenge any remnants of doubt on the value that women bring to the leadership table.
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My experience with female head of departments was that they more often than male counterparts had staff problems, even (or especially) with women in their department.
A number of female have tendency of male traits. It is a question of internal physiological and chemical structure of human body. If we jot down all the characteristics of a leader and all the characteristics of a male and a female, we infer that a male is the best leader, but any female, who has male tendency physiologically and neurologically, could have high frequency of a leader’s traits.