"Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don't let anyone say, 'You're not smart enough... it's too hard... it's a dumb idea... no one has done that before... girls don't do that.' My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry about what others were saying about my career direction."
--Meg Whitman, Chief Executive Officer, Hewlett Packard
Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today, Leadership Tuesdays continues a series looking at the why women are not seeking advance degrees in business at the same rate as they get other professional degrees and why women are not proportionately represented in senior leadership positions in business.
Meg Whitman's mom gave her some of the best advice that a mom can give any child. That advice has served her extremely well. Sadly, her mom's words still does not apply equally to all women in the United States much less to women around the world.
Taking a look back to the Fall of 2004, Carlotta Mast wrote an article that appeared on the Graduate Management Admission Council's website, gmac.com discussing why women continue to make up less than 50% of the student body at business schools. As stated in her article, companies and business school all say that want to increase the number of women in their leadership positions and programs. But why isn't this happening?
To read her article, click here. For more information on Leadership Tuesdays, see here.
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