Leadership Tuesdays: Are We There Yet?...Nona

Until we become uncomfortable to the point of positive* decisive action with conditions and environments that assuage certain types of discrimination and racism in business, government, and other areas of our lives, we will slow the rate of progress needed to achieve a fair chance and equality for all.  --Nona

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. Also the discussion seeks to answer why women are not proportionately represented in senior leadership positions in business.

This past May, I was given the opportunity to talk with Dr. John T. Delaney, Dean of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, regarding the women empowerment and leadership program I launched in March 2011. The purpose of Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA and Leadership Tuesdays is to:

• Highlight and profile women role models in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia who have been trailblazers and pioneers 
• Provide resources to develop, strengthen and encourage women to pursue leadership.
• Provide online and offline opportunities for mentoring and motivation that enable women to live better lives. 

(See womenatliberty.com for more information.)

Given the low rate of women in corporate senior executive and Board of Directors’ positions in U.S.companies, I decided that I wanted to focus our talk on the representation of women in those areas. I also wanted to find out how Katz is addressing this problem in its MBA and Executive Education programs. Further, I wanted to know if Katz was involved in any partnerships and/or research to: 1) explain the cause for the lack of women and minorities in leadership positions; and 2) improve the status quo.

Some of the statistics that informed my conversation with Dr. Delaney came from "Women In America, Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being", a 2011 Report released by the White House Council on Women and Girls. (See Leadership Tuesdays for the statistics.) As mentioned in his earlier guest blog forLeadership Tuesdays, The Great Business School Challenge Hidden In Plain Sight, Delaney discussed...

For more, click here...

*This is not an endorsement of any type of behavior or actions that endeavors to restrict free speech or freedom of religion.

What You Whisper To Yourself...Robert Kiyosaki

“It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!”

― Robert Kiyosaki

 

 

Don't Use Religion To Bully People...Donnie McClurkin

“Do not use religion to bully people because of their choices! Let your choice be yours and others’ be theirs. If their choice offends you, pray about it!”

--Donnie McClurkin, Pastor and Award-winning Gospel Artist

I Believe

I believe in the sun even when it's not shining, I believe in love even when I don't feel it, And I believe in God even when He is silent.

--BarlowGirl

Truly Free People

Truly free people have no need to enslave others. When you keep another down, your success is tied to manipulation rather than ingenuity and innovation.

Image source: http://www.free-international.org

For Those Who Believe...Stuart Chase

“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.”

--Stuart Chase

Don't Follow The Crowd...Albert Einstein

“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.”

--Albert Einstein

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 why women are not seeking advance degrees in business at the same rate 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. She said to her, "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.'" That advice has served Whitman 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 schools 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.