dismal 2. The results for directors from within the companies are also equally discouraging. The 11 women directors in 1987 have fallen to 8 a decade later.
Avon provides a powerful example of how the top positions are wrested away from women who are more than qualified for the job. When Avon's board were deciding on a CEO in December, 1998, it opted for Charles Perrin, a former CEO from Duracell International Inc., instead of two high-ranking female members from its company. Adding to this article, the potential heirs to the positions were not even board members of the company.
In the same Catalyst survey on women in leadership position, the women considered the main barrier against their effort to reach the top echelons to be the "exclusion from info
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