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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Woman's Place is in the Board Room What has womanhood come to? It seems that the women of Norway had to have a boost by law so that they could have their say--40% say-- within the next year on the boards of 510 Norwegian companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Nearly 33% of public companies don’t have a single woman board member. And I'm thinking, "They can't get there under their own merit?" I guess not. The problem of ability, knowledge, skill, and a host of other things arises, not diversity. What is that country thinking? Then I remember what it was like working for a company in the "Good Ole Boy" country of Southern Louisiana. Getting to the top for a woman meant a huge headache because it meant hitting her head repeatedly on the glass ceiling. That was just getting to Division Manager position, forget Regional VP. Then the unthinkable happened. We got a woman VP and almost immediately after that, we lost our own DM to Louisville as a VP. Let's think about this for a moment. Did that mean that there were no women capable of doing the VP job? No. It meant there were more men capable than women at that time. According to Forbes, the women execs in Norway say that the only way for them to get a position on a board is through this legislation. One woman, Heidi Petersen, says, "It makes it easier to see all the clever women out there." [insert shocked look] Does it really make it easier? Why can't clever women be seen without legislation? Gina is the marketing manager for Virtustar, an information technology firm, and a redactor for internet marketing company. She is a columnist for Live As If.org and a site admin for Studylight.org. Visit her blog at Refreshment In Refuge. Norway Women Women in Leadersip Forbes: Women Execs Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Gina Burgess at 9:54 PM |
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