Pushing against the glass ceiling
The Kansas City Star
Diane Stafford
November 7, 2007
According to a joint study, the Women’s Executive Leadership Census 2007, conducted by The Central Exchange and the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration, Kansas City lags behind the rest of the nation in terms of the number of women it has on public company boards and in the most highly compensated executive positions. The results show that Kansas City is having trouble attracting and keeping top women in business, which means that a critical mass of women to serve on top corporate boards is still missing. According to research from the Critical Mass Project, it takes three or more women serving on a corporate board to create a “tipping point,” where “no longer does any one woman represent the ‘woman’s point of view.’” The study also points out another reason to advocate for more women in top positions: if women are left out, only 50% of the labor pool is drawn from in selecting top leaders, so much of the talent of the skilled workforce is left untapped.
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