2023-09-01 14:42:26
Boards of directors would be perfect springboards to reach the highest position in a company. In any case, this is what concluded, in a recent study, Catherine H. Tinsley, professor of management at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, in the United States, and Kate Purmal, former senior executive and specialist strategy consulting.
Demonstrate its SKILLS and make yourself known
To reach this conclusion, the two experts observed and compared the professional trajectories of 100 female general managers or CEOs with those of as many leaders within companies of similar sectors and sizes.
The result: 59% of women who became CEOs first served on boards before leading a large corporation, compared to 42% of male CEOs. And only 18% of them had already had such responsibilities, against 52% among their male counterparts.
During their research, Catherine H. Tinsley and Kate Purmal realized that being corporate directors had allowed these bosses to demonstrate their skills, but Also get exposure to other boards looking for CEOs.
Breaking the glass ceiling differently
Unlike male career paths, which conceive of access to a board as the final stage to accomplish in a career in business, those of women include this stage much more often, for lack of being able to apply for those of general management because of the glass ceiling.
To have more women leaders, the two researchers therefore urge directors looking for CEOs to change their way of recruiting. The solution, according to them: open the spectrum of research to experiences in business consulting.
* This article originally appeared in Young Africa, section Employment, 19 august 2019.
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