Women are still not reaching the most senior levels of corporations. This is not the shortcoming of women. We're talented and smart.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that the lack of women in senior corporate positions is not due to their abilities, but rather systemic issues.
Ruth Porat highlights a significant issue regarding gender inequality in corporate leadership. She asserts that women possess the necessary talent and intelligence to succeed at the highest levels, implying that barriers to their advancement are due to societal and structural factors rather than personal shortcomings. This statement calls attention to the ongoing struggle for gender equity in the workplace and encourages the recognition of women's potential.
In practice
In a corporate diversity meeting to inspire a push for more women in leadership roles.
I have seen too many people in my career think that there is some natural progression to life, with certain career milestones preceding whatever you may want in your personal life. Unfortunately, life doesn't know it is supposed to follow a schedule.
My job as a leader is not to put more stress into a system that is already stressed.
When I do an operation, it's half a dozen people. When it goes beautifully, it's like a symphony, with everybody playing their part.
It was better for me when I was joined at the court by a second woman. When I was there alone, there was too much media focus on the one woman, and the minute we got another woman, that changed.
When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can't run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag. As for the types of comments I make, sometimes I just, By God, get carried away with my own eloquence.
It may seem odd to talk about something as soft and fuzzy as "passion" as an integral part of a strategic framework. But throughout the good-to-great companies, passion became a key part of the Hedgehog Concept.
I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck to anyone else.
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