But after all these years, women who rise to the top of law firms remain the exception rather than the rule, and the number of women partners and leaders remains woefully small: nationwide, women still represent only 16 % of equity partners, 6 %
of top leadership positions, and less than 1 % of the most highly compensated partners.
A major portion of the pool of desirable candidates
for top leadership positions like these should be people currently occupying similar positions, leaders already doing the work in comparable organizations, proven executives with successful track records.
A source at Uber previously told CNN Tech there is a key effort underway to
fill top leadership positions around Kalanick with seasoned executives.
A key part of that effort, according to a source familiar with the matter, has been filling out
top leadership positions around Kalanick with seasoned executives.
Yet according to the 2009 NAWL survey on retention and promotion of women in large law firms, men hold 84 % of equity partnerships and 94 %
of top leadership positions, they constitute 85 % of the highest governing committees, and they are 99 % of the most highly compensated lawyers.
When we condition girls to be compliant and complacent, we can not expect them to leave school ready to compete
for top leadership positions.
Sen. Chuck Schumer is poised to become the first New Yorker to hold the party's
top leadership position in the Senate when current leader Harry Reid retires at the end of his term.
At a plenary session at WLSTE +10, AAAS Chief Operating Officer Celeste Rohlfing cited the names of women in three
top leadership positions at AAAS — Chair of the AAAS Board Barbara Schaal, President Susan Hockfield and President - Elect Margaret Hamburg.
Update your BlueSteps profile: AESC member executive search firms work exclusively on a retained basis — this means that hiring organizations pay a retainer fee to the search firm and work exclusively with that firm to
fill top leadership positions.
We always ask why we don't see women in
top leadership positions, but we never ask why we see so many men in these jobs.
We realised that there needs to be a major change in the way the system, the work culture and the mindsets of people function and above all it is of utmost importance for women professionals to believe that they can reach
the top leadership positions.
Not a quality highly beneficial to
a top leadership position.
He notes that the company employs several who have nearly 20 years «in
the top leadership positions, from the chief financial officer to the senior vice president.
Members of the School Nutrition Association (SNA) have spoken, casting their ballots in the annual election for the Association's
top leadership positions.
That would probably be the current minority leader Nancy Pelosi (although she was challenged for
the top leadership position in two of the last three Congresses, so it isn't a shoo - in).
«At a time when women hold less than 20 percent of
the top leadership positions in the national finance industry, this momentous appointment marks an exciting milestone not only for myself and my colleagues in government, but for all New Yorkers, all people of color and all young girls who never before thought that they can grow up and shatter glass ceilings,» she said.
A power - sharing agreement was agreed between Democrats and Republicans where Democrats held
the top leadership position in 2001 and Republicans held the position in 2002.
Gerald Mollen, the Broome County district attorney and head of the state District Attorneys Association, is on the brink of losing his re-election in a closely contested race, resulting in a possible vacancy in the association's
top leadership position.
Akomea said he decided after realizing that if care is not taken most of
the top leadership positions may go to party stalwarts from the «Akan sub-group.»
Nana Akomea who is currently the Managing Director of the State Transport Company, (STC) in the post also said several people had urged him to contest for the party's
top leadership position.
ALBANY, NY (06/23/2015)(readMedia)-- Albany — Ballots cast by members of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) for the union's
top leadership positions were counted today by the American Arbitration Association in Manhattan.
As President Pro Tempore, Senator West was second in the line of succession to be Governor of Texas, and assumed
the top leadership position whenever Governor Rick Perry and Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst were out of the state.
They'll talk about whether New Yorker's will finally see meaningful reforms made to state government this year now that Democrats control
the top leadership positions.
Most companies are now rapidly understanding that women are a vital source of economic growth and how having women in
top leadership positions can lend a competitive edge to the organization.
The Advocate East Baton Rouge Superintendent Drake fills vacancies in top leadership positions
CPS has even adopted a market structure in which «CEO's» are preferred over educators for
the top leadership position, and Boards are appointed by the mayor, not elected by the people.
Charlie Redmayne has left Pottermore to take
the top leadership position at HarperCollins UK.
As he explained, nearly 70 percent of China's
top leadership positions are expected to change in November, but the make - up of the Standing Committee of the Politburo remains uncertain.
Colonel William J. Rushton assumed
the top leadership position at the company in 1937, and for the next three decades guided it with the same sound leadership that had come to characterize their company.
According to the Hays Gender Diversity Report published this International Women's Day, most people in senior leadership roles are still men and fewer women aspire to
a top leadership position in their career than men.
This can be of course frustrating, especially for productive, accomplished individuals, most of whom have been working toward
a top leadership position for their entire careers.
If you are applying to
top leadership positions, like the school principal or other administrative positions, it may be necessary to go over this limit.
The role of CEO of the Americas is one of the firm's
top leadership positions, one rung below Chairman and CEO Brett White on the organization chart.