Women in Leadership
Where there’s a WIL, there is a way!
There is little doubt today we are much more self-conscious about who leads us and how. For young women today, “everything is possible” - - rewind some 50 years ago and that was not the case, but the good news was women in the 1960’s were breaking the very ground young women stand on today.
The Business Insider reported that in 1996 there was only 1 CEO in the Fortune 500 companies. Fast forward to 2010, 15 companies on the Fortune 500 list were run by women. What is disappointing is there are 47 companies, or 9.4% of the S&P 500 that have no women on the board of directors at all!
Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-07-09/strategy/30050996_1_female-ceos-stock-market-companies#ixzz1nxqvVVH7
Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-07-09/strategy/30050996_1_female-ceos-stock-market-companies#ixzz1nxqvVVH7
Let’s stay with looking more at the positive side of the growing trend; here is a small list of Women in Leadership….
Financial Post 500 (28 Companies With Women CEO/Heads)
· Shelley Broader, Wal-Mart Canada Corp. (#12)
· Louise Wendling, Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. (SVP) (#29)
· Monique F. Leroux, Mouvement des caisses Desjardins (Desjardins Group). (#30)
· Karen Kinsley, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (#35)
· Dianne Craig, Ford Motor Co. of Canada (#38)
· Laura Formusa, Hydro One Inc. (#72)
· Monique F. Leroux, Desjardins Financial Security Life Assurance Company (#85)
· Kathy Bardswick, Co-operators Financial Services Ltd. (#92)
· Nancy C. Southern, ATCO Ltd. (#104)
· Dawn Farrell, TransAlta (#119)
· Linda Hasanfratz, Linamar Corporation (#146)
· Barbara Bellissimo, State Farm Group (#152)
· Sophie Brochu, Gaz Métro, Inc. (#161)
· Karen Gavan, The Economical Insurance Group (#167)
· Monique F. Leroux, Desjardins General Insurance Group (#189)
· Katherine (Kathy) Bardswick, Co-operators Life Insurance Company (#235)
· Mandy Shapansky, Xerox Canada, Inc. (#238)
· Debra Armstrong, Bank of America MBNA Canada Bank (President) (#269)
· Heather M. Reisman, Indigo Books & Music Inc. (#283)
· Marilyn McLaren, The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation (#289)
· Christine M. Day, Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (#345)
· Nancy L. Knowlton, SMART Technologies, Inc. (#350)
· Tamara Vrooman, Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (#356)
· Ellen J. Moore, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada (#361)
· Monique F. Leroux, Caisse centrale Desjardins (#419)
· Tracy Redies, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union (#429)
· Marie-Claude Houle, EBC Inc. (#430)
· Susan L. Riddell Rose, Perpetual Energy (#485)
Research from Becca Lipman purported that large companies with female CEOs are outperforming organizations run by men.
March 8th is International Women’s Day - - Support one another, email or call a women who inspires you.
Lastly, for all of those brilliant young women I have had the privilege to teach – take a moment and picture your name on this list.
