Thanks for your visit!

The board referred to has 6 directors – so 4 of them are women. But your point about the distorting effect of the stat about women in charge based on stock market capitalization is well-taken. According to Fortune Magazine, the country’s total market capitalization is 1.5 billion dollars, representing 35 companies.

That’s 450 million dollars worth run by women – but how much of that represents the one company mentioned in the article. It’s a good question, with plenty of room for diluting the impact of the implication behind the use of the stat in the article.

Thanks again for stopping by, and for your kind comments.

Semper Fi!

Interesting way to measure how much of the country’s companies are run by women. I wonder how much of that 30% is represented by the one woman CEO who runs the largest company in Vietnam. Any idea?

Semper Fi!

Love the blog.

Thanks for your visits and comments. Regarding both your observations, I think it is difficult, even for the most well-intentioned, to see ways we may be both subtly suppressing expression of ability in others, and denying ourselves as managers the advantages of those abilities.

There is hope, because there is the inescapable need for this talent, and these unique contributions.

Steve, I certainly don’t know if the issue is one that concerns the majority of women who work or who want to, but I suspect it does. The issue may be complicated by all the confounding forces at play. Moreover, I still don’t think we’re frankly addressing all the relevant – even the most important – aspects of the subject.

Thanks again for your visits!

I realized when I was reading this that I was having a difficult time getting immersed in the issues, although I understand them. Then I read Robyn’s comment and realized this:

My mom started the first Business and Professional Women’s organization in the southern half of our state. She was a manager before anyone even discussed women in management. And she raised a family, too.

But the real long-term impact of that was that, from the get-go, my brother and I had a model that was the opposite of the one Robyn described and experienced. My wife is also a Ph.D. and had already earned it when we met.

You say: “But it’s difficult to find meaningful discussion . . .”

At some point in time, the vocal flag bearers of the movement faded from the scene and the prominence of the related issues in the media faded with them.

Is there a need for a new spotlight and vocal, articulate spokespeople? Or is the issue not a nagging one for a vocal majority of women, including working women?

I don’t know the answer, just the question.

Your blog reminds me of the hope out there for so many upcoming women.