8 Ways To Position Women For Corporate Boards

8 Ways To Position Women For Corporate Boards

Screen shot of himforher.org dinner party



Screen Shot of himforher.org dinner party

When Jocelyn Mangan brought her 20 years of experience as a top tech executive, including at OpenTable and Ticketmaster, to serve as a new board member of Papa John's International, she joined the ranks of a select group: women on corporate boards. Only 20% of the top 3,000 publicly-traded companies have women on their board, according to Bizwomen.com. (Papa John's board is an exception at 40% women.)

There are reams of data on how having women on a corporate board drives performance across all metrics, including financial performance and safety, yet the challenge persists and is particularly urgent today. 

Joan Michelson Forbes story on study about dangers of not having women on boards.