Editorial

摘要

In this editorial, I am drawing upon two recent high profile publications which have spotlighted successful women in management and leadership and their reflections: "Women at the top" (The Financial Times, 2010) and Management Today's UK "35 women under 35" (Prevett and Haslett, 2011). "The top 50 women in the world of business" (The Financial Times) focuses on CEOs, Chairwomen and Executive Directors of listed companies. Indra Nooyi is ranked number one as CEO of Pepsico and views being a life long student as a fundamental value, crucial to her success. Although she calls herself a normal person, mum and wife, she is accompanied everywhere by security guards. Andrea Jung CEO of Avon Products and ranked number two, sees perseverance as a strong cultural trait and believes the biggest emerging market is not a country, its women. Guler Sabanci (ranked number three), Chairwoman of one of Turkey's largest corporations sees girls' education in Turkey as a big issue and believes in balancing profit and shareholders with sustainability and philanthropy to support the political and social fabric of the country. Irene Rosenfield (ranked number four) CEO of Kraft Foods notes that her emerging workforce is not interested in command and control leadership and will not do things because she said so. They want to do things because they want to do them.