First Lady of the business world

Due to historical circumstances, women, unlike men, have to expend much more effort to climb the career ladder. Oddly, the men probably are ready to see her mother, spouse, friend, and as a last resort - a partner in the business, the more superior.

«Speak soon, wait!»

Last year, Fortune magazine has once again published a list of 50 most influential women in the world, and so section titled: «Power: Do women really want it?». The answer is hidden in the matter, because if women do not strive for power, the need for such a category would not exist. The most influential woman of 2003 in the American business has been unequivocally recognized by Carly Forina (Carly Fiorina), head of the corporation Hewlett-Packard. According to the head of the department to develop a corporate strategy for Citigroup Debbie Hopkins (Debby Hopkins), women are successfully working in a team. In so doing, it considers the most effective weapon the ability to listen. In an interview with Fortune magazine, Ms. Hopkins said: if you are a manager, not necessarily the final word for you. Just gather a group to discuss the problem, and then during the debate to repeat to myself: «Speak early, speak soon, wait!». According to her, such an approach radically changed her life.

As the British newspaper Financial Times, a study conducted in August 2003, University of Chicago showed that women's style of leadership more than the style of men, encourages employees to better performance. The study also found that women leaders are more likely to encourage employees of material for their successes.

The reader may wonder: why all these assumptions about the management style of women leaders? In response, I would like to note: according to BusinessWeek magazine and Gallup, it is expected that the proportion of well-being of the United States, over which women exercise control, by 2010, increase to 1 trillion dollars.


Her finest hour

Career Byutt Amy (Amy Butte), which in February 2004, was appointed CFO of the New York Stock Exchange, is an example of what heights in the business may reach a woman in the world today. Amy's 36 years old, and her annual salary at the new position is $ 500,000, excluding bonuses, the size of which depends both on her personal accomplishments as well as from the work market as a whole. In the business world is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You must be in the right place, being professional and holding the appropriate level of knowledge. Only in this case, you can derive maximum benefit from the situation. Ms. Byutt this lucky, if luck can be described as two degrees. She has a bachelor's degree from Harvard and Yale universities in the fields of business administration, political science and psychology. Her career analyst financial services industry began in the company of Merrill Lynch, however, Wall Street started talking about it, when Mrs. Byutt moved to work at Bear Stearns analyst for the post. In April 2000, she forecast that the company will seek opportunities PaineWebber merger with another company. Wall Street's forecast is just osmeyali, decided that no well-known analyst made a name for himself in the contradictory predictions. However, all the time расставило to their seats - three months PaineWebber announced plans for a merger with UBS AG (UBS). Then something occurred and star Amy Byutt hour. She writes a report on the situation of Knight Trading Group (NITE), titled his «Merknuschy light». In the report it gave the company a negative rating. Her prognosis was the only negative: if 9 out of 10 firms, covering the activities of Knight, gave positive comments. Once again, the time has confirmed the truth of Ms. Byutt. The company began to decline, which lasted until mid-2003.

Despite the coming recognition, Amy Byutt, after nearly three years in Bear Stearns, in May 2002, leaving the company and transferred to Credit Suisse First Boston to the post of Deputy Director of financial services companies to develop a strategy and finance. In its official statement, she stressed that the transition to a new position has pushed her desire to implement the knowledge that it has received, as an analyst. However, the new position did not bring the expected result. After CSFB sold clearing bank branch Bank of New York, Ms. Byutt left the company.