We MUST Do Better
When Outsell first started we were a predominantly female-led company for many years. We then migrated more to a 50/50 split which was a balance I recall fondly. I felt like the chemistry of different nationalities on our leadership team combined with a 50/50 split male/female ratio was optimal. And then we had three of our most senior women retire over the past several years and now I’m finding that we have a smaller leadership team of 3 which is 2/3 male and 1/3 me! And I can see how the too ‘male’ orientation of my team now mirrors our too ‘female’ orientation of when we were predominantly female. In a way, I guess you could say I’ve experienced or am experiencing all flavors of balance and imbalance and I’m looking forward to adding another woman onto my leadership team soon which will get us back to 50/50 which is really, from where I sit, the best of all. Having lived through different eras over the past 20 years I can see the pros and cons of gender diversity in the C-suite and am committed to ensuring we maintain that balance.
I’ve given you the companies that have balanced C-suites, with 40–60% splits between female and male — below are the companies that are resting at the bottom of the 2018 list, with 90–100% male C-suites. We must do better — its essential when attracting and retaining talent as well as demonstrating that there is a career path for all aspiring leaders.
Who will be on this year’s list? Come to the Outsell Women’s Conference on June 6th at the Sofitel New York and find out. Join us for an intimate, impactful day and leave with tactical actions and feeling energized.
Secure your place here and we look forward to seeing you in New York.
Astrium S.A.S
athenahealth, Inc.
Biomax Informatics AG
BSE Ltd.
Cegedim SA
Cello Group plc
Cirrus Media
Confirmit
CoreLogic, Inc.
CoStar Group, Inc.
Crain Communications, Inc.
Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., Ltd
Dawson Geophysical Company
Descartes Systems Group
Deutsches Institut fur Normung e.V. (DIN)
DOCUgroup
eInstruction Corporation
Evalueserve, Inc.
Experian plc
Fair Isaac Corporation
Fitbit Inc.
Frost & Sullivan
Fugro N.V
Funke Mediengruppe
Garmin Ltd.
GL Education Group
Global Geophysical Services, Inc.
Hakuhodo DY Holdings
Harvard Bioscience
Healthnostics, Inc.
HealthStream, Inc.
hibu (UK) Limited
HighJump
Impress Group
infinitas learning
ION Geophysical Corporation
Manta Media, Inc.
Mediametrie
Merkle
Microstrategy
NIIT Limited
Obeikan Education
Ordnance Survey
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA
PetroSkills
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC
SIX Group
Software Technology, Inc.
Somos Educacao ( fmr Abril Educacao)
Stoxx Ltd.
Symphony Health Solutions
UCG Holdings LP
Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V.
Verlagsgruppe Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH
Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck Gmbh
Vogel Business Media GmbH & Co.KG
WebMD Health Corp.
WEKA Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Wilmington Group plc
XING AG
Yellow Pages Group Co.
Zhejiang Publishing United Group
Ziff Davis, Inc.