WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
Welcome to our Women in Leadership section.
This is an area of the Turknett website dedicated exclusively to
women leaders. Below you will find interviews and profiles of some
very influential and successful women, information about specific
events, and links to articles and research on the topic of women
leaders. As part of our
Executive Development Program for Women, we have a monthly
seminar series on Women in Leadership.
Women Leaders for the New Millennium: Profiles and Perspectives
Find out who inspired the following women achievers as they tell us who their leadership role models are:
News and Events
April 2, 2004: Possible Woman Leadership Conference "Unleashing Leadership Power" - to be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Keynote speakers include Patricia Russell-McCloud, Geraldine Ferraro, Chin-Ning Chu, and Laura Liswood. For more information and online registration, email Linda@possiblewoman.com or go to www.possible.com
April 8, 2004: Women's Entrepreneur Conference at Georgia Tech. For more information, contact Terry Blum, Dean of the School of Management at Gerogia Tech.
April 13, 2004: Society of Human Resource Management Workshop on "Women in Leadership: The Rise to an Equal Partnership at the Business Table" to be held at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta. Susan Hitchcock will present the latest research and "real world" evidence of the true status of women's leadership. Also featured will be Catharine Kelly, a partner with Accenture, a company recently named as one of the 100 best places for women to work.
April 17, 2004: Leadership Lab for Women Conference at Kennesaw State University: All day event featuring numerous panels, including one moderated by Susan Hitchcock entitled "Negotiation: A Business Survival Skill - and Gender DOES Make a Difference." For more information, contact Teresa Joyce, Dean of Graduate Studies at KSU, 770-423-6738 or go to www.kennesaw.edu/graduate Registration is required and must be completed by 4/12/04.
May 19, 2004: YWCA Salute to Women of Achievement, 21st Annual Awards' Luncheon Awards and Fundraiser to be held at the Georgia World Congress Center. Honorees are the 2004 inductees into the Academy of Women of Achievement. To register or for more information, go to www.ywcaatlanta.org or email salute@ywcaaatlanta.org.
Articles and Research
Pay Equity Update: The General Accounting Office compiled data from the Current Population Survey regarding the ten industries that employ 71 percent of U.S. women workers and 73 percent of women managers. The pay gap between full-time working women and men managers widened between 1995 and 2000, in seven of the ten industries examined. A full time working woman currently receives only 73 cents to every dollar received by a man.
For each dollar earned by men, women at the same age and education levels earned:
Wellesley Center for Women For more than a quarter century, the Wellesley Center for Women has been a driving force behind the scenes and in the spot light promoting positive change for women and girls. It's the nation's largest women's research center. Go to their web site to explore their research, educational opportunities and call to action. www.wcwonline.org
June 2001: Lyn Turknett is quoted in two articles in the June issue of HR Magazine entitled, "Smoothing the Way." The featured article cites a number of factors that impede women's progress to the executive ranks and shows how some companies make the trip easier. And, the second article is: "A Female Executive is Hard to Find."
December 11, 2000: PRESS RELEASE - Research from Turknett Leadership Group shows that female executives underestimate themselves
