AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Byline: Jane M. Von Bergen
Dec. 11--There's a story in a management textbook that women executives like to repeat:
During a Nike corporate board meeting, the management book says, the board's sole female director suggested the company design women's workout shoes.
Bingo! The company followed her advice, and now the business counts for a sizable portion of the sneaker company's revenue.
Jill Ker Conway, the Nike board member, doesn't remember the story, but the moral remains the same.
Getting women on corporate boards of directors is good, they say, very good for business -- not to mention very good for the women on the ...