/ TIME: Almanac 1993 / TIME Almanac 1993.iso / time / 110890 / 1108382.000

< prev

next >

MacOS 8.1

Win98

DOS

view JSON data

view as text

+--------+-------------------------+-------------------------+--------+--------+
|00000000| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000010| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000020| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000030| 29 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |).......|........|
|00000040| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000050| 4f 4e 20 54 48 45 20 4a | 4f 42 2c 20 50 61 67 65 |ON THE J|OB, Page|
|00000060| 20 35 30 01 01 47 65 74 | 20 53 65 74 3a 20 48 65 | 50..Get| Set: He|
|00000070| 72 65 20 54 68 65 79 20 | 43 6f 6d 65 21 20 0d 0a |re They |Come! ..|
|00000080| 0d 0a 0d 0a 54 68 65 20 | 32 31 73 74 20 63 65 6e |....The |21st cen|
|00000090| 74 75 72 79 20 77 6f 72 | 6b 20 66 6f 72 63 65 20 |tury wor|k force |
|000000a0| 69 73 20 74 61 6b 69 6e | 67 20 73 68 61 70 65 20 |is takin|g shape |
|000000b0| 6e 6f 77 2e 20 41 6e 64 | 20 67 75 65 73 73 0d 0a |now. And| guess..|
|000000c0| 77 68 61 74 3f 20 57 68 | 69 74 65 2c 20 55 2e 53 |what? Wh|ite, U.S|
|000000d0| 2e 2d 62 6f 72 6e 20 6d | 65 6e 20 61 72 65 20 61 |.-born m|en are a|
|000000e0| 20 6d 69 6e 6f 72 69 74 | 79 2e 20 45 6d 70 6c 6f | minorit|y. Emplo|
|000000f0| 79 65 72 73 20 6d 75 73 | 74 20 6c 65 61 72 6e 0d |yers mus|t learn.|
|00000100| 0a 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d 70 | 65 74 65 20 66 6f 72 20 |.to comp|ete for |
|00000110| 74 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 | 20 6f 66 20 61 20 64 69 |the best| of a di|
|00000120| 76 65 72 73 65 20 6c 6f | 74 0d 0a 0d 0a 42 79 20 |verse lo|t....By |
|00000130| 4a 41 4e 49 43 45 20 43 | 41 53 54 52 4f 20 2d 2d |JANICE C|ASTRO --|
|00000140| 20 52 65 70 6f 72 74 65 | 64 20 62 79 20 47 69 73 | Reporte|d by Gis|
|00000150| 65 6c 61 20 42 6f 6c 74 | 65 2f 57 61 73 68 69 6e |ela Bolt|e/Washin|
|00000160| 67 74 6f 6e 2c 20 4c 65 | 65 0d 0a 47 72 69 67 67 |gton, Le|e..Grigg|
|00000170| 73 2f 53 61 6e 20 46 72 | 61 6e 63 69 73 63 6f 20 |s/San Fr|ancisco |
|00000180| 61 6e 64 20 54 68 6f 6d | 61 73 20 4d 63 43 61 72 |and Thom|as McCar|
|00000190| 72 6f 6c 6c 2f 4e 65 77 | 20 59 6f 72 6b 0d 0a 0d |roll/New| York...|
|000001a0| 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 53 | 68 6f 72 74 6c 79 20 61 |...    S|hortly a|
|000001b0| 66 74 65 72 20 68 65 20 | 74 6f 6f 6b 20 6f 76 65 |fter he |took ove|
|000001c0| 72 20 61 73 20 63 68 61 | 69 72 6d 61 6e 20 6f 66 |r as cha|irman of|
|000001d0| 20 44 65 6c 61 77 61 72 | 65 2d 62 61 73 65 64 0d | Delawar|e-based.|
|000001e0| 0a 45 2e 49 2e 20 44 75 | 20 50 6f 6e 74 20 64 65 |.E.I. Du| Pont de|
|000001f0| 20 4e 65 6d 6f 75 72 73 | 20 74 77 6f 20 79 65 61 | Nemours| two yea|
|00000200| 72 73 20 61 67 6f 2c 20 | 45 64 67 61 72 20 57 6f |rs ago, |Edgar Wo|
|00000210| 6f 6c 61 72 64 20 63 61 | 6c 6c 65 64 20 61 0d 0a |olard ca|lled a..|
|00000220| 6d 65 65 74 69 6e 67 20 | 6f 66 20 68 69 73 20 63 |meeting |of his c|
|00000230| 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 27 73 | 20 33 32 35 20 74 6f 70 |ompany's| 325 top|
|00000240| 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 | 73 20 61 74 20 50 61 6c | manager|s at Pal|
|00000250| 6d 20 42 65 61 63 68 2c | 20 46 6c 61 2e 0d 0a 4c |m Beach,| Fla...L|
|00000260| 6f 6f 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f | 75 74 20 61 74 20 61 20 |ooking o|ut at a |
|00000270| 72 6f 6f 6d 66 75 6c 20 | 6f 66 20 77 68 69 74 65 |roomful |of white|
|00000280| 20 6d 65 6e 2c 20 70 65 | 70 70 65 72 65 64 20 77 | men, pe|ppered w|
|00000290| 69 74 68 20 66 65 77 65 | 72 20 74 68 61 6e 0d 0a |ith fewe|r than..|
|000002a0| 61 20 64 6f 7a 65 6e 20 | 77 6f 6d 65 6e 20 61 6e |a dozen |women an|
|000002b0| 64 20 6d 69 6e 6f 72 69 | 74 69 65 73 2c 20 74 68 |d minori|ties, th|
|000002c0| 65 20 6e 65 77 20 62 6f | 73 73 20 64 65 6c 69 76 |e new bo|ss deliv|
|000002d0| 65 72 65 64 20 61 20 73 | 74 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 0d |ered a s|tunning.|
|000002e0| 0a 75 6c 74 69 6d 61 74 | 75 6d 2e 20 54 68 65 20 |.ultimat|um. The |
|000002f0| 6e 65 78 74 20 74 69 6d | 65 20 44 75 20 50 6f 6e |next tim|e Du Pon|
|00000300| 74 27 73 20 6d 61 6e 61 | 67 65 72 73 20 67 61 74 |t's mana|gers gat|
|00000310| 68 65 72 65 64 2c 20 57 | 6f 6f 6c 61 72 64 0d 0a |hered, W|oolard..|
|00000320| 73 61 69 64 2c 20 68 65 | 27 64 20 62 65 74 74 65 |said, he|'d bette|
|00000330| 72 20 73 65 65 20 73 69 | 67 6e 69 66 69 63 61 6e |r see si|gnifican|
|00000340| 74 6c 79 20 6d 6f 72 65 | 20 77 6f 6d 65 6e 20 61 |tly more| women a|
|00000350| 6e 64 20 6d 69 6e 6f 72 | 69 74 69 65 73 0d 0a 69 |nd minor|ities..i|
|00000360| 6e 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f | 6f 6d 2e 20 4c 61 73 74 |n the ro|om. Last|
|00000370| 20 4d 61 72 63 68 2c 20 | 77 68 65 6e 20 57 6f 6f | March, |when Woo|
|00000380| 6c 61 72 64 20 61 6e 64 | 20 33 39 30 20 65 78 65 |lard and| 390 exe|
|00000390| 63 75 74 69 76 65 73 0d | 0a 61 74 74 65 6e 64 65 |cutives.|.attende|
|000003a0| 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f | 6d 70 61 6e 79 27 73 20 |d the co|mpany's |
|000003b0| 6c 65 61 64 65 72 73 68 | 69 70 20 63 6f 6e 66 65 |leadersh|ip confe|
|000003c0| 72 65 6e 63 65 20 69 6e | 20 43 68 61 6e 74 69 6c |rence in| Chantil|
|000003d0| 6c 79 2c 20 56 61 2e 2c | 0d 0a 32 35 25 20 6f 66 |ly, Va.,|..25% of|
|000003e0| 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 70 | 72 65 73 65 6e 74 20 77 | those p|resent w|
|000003f0| 65 72 65 20 77 6f 6d 65 | 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 69 |ere wome|n and mi|
|00000400| 6e 6f 72 69 74 69 65 73 | 2e 20 54 68 6f 75 67 68 |norities|. Though|
|00000410| 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 6c 6c | 0d 0a 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | not all|..of the|
|00000420| 6d 20 68 61 64 20 72 65 | 61 63 68 65 64 20 74 68 |m had re|ached th|
|00000430| 65 20 74 6f 70 20 72 61 | 6e 6b 73 2c 20 74 68 65 |e top ra|nks, the|
|00000440| 79 20 77 65 72 65 20 6d | 6f 72 65 20 74 68 61 6e |y were m|ore than|
|00000450| 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 0d | 0a 64 72 65 73 73 69 6e | window.|.dressin|
|00000460| 67 2e 20 42 79 20 73 6f | 6c 69 63 69 74 69 6e 67 |g. By so|liciting|
|00000470| 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 76 | 69 65 77 73 20 61 74 20 | their v|iews at |
|00000480| 73 75 63 68 20 63 6f 6e | 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 73 |such con|ferences|
|00000490| 2c 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 63 | 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 20 68 |, the..c|ompany h|
|000004a0| 6f 70 65 73 20 69 74 20 | 63 61 6e 20 72 6f 6f 74 |opes it |can root|
|000004b0| 20 6f 75 74 20 62 69 61 | 73 65 64 20 61 74 74 69 | out bia|sed atti|
|000004c0| 74 75 64 65 73 20 61 6e | 64 20 62 72 6f 61 64 65 |tudes an|d broade|
|000004d0| 6e 20 69 74 73 0d 0a 61 | 70 70 65 61 6c 20 74 6f |n its..a|ppeal to|
|000004e0| 20 66 75 74 75 72 65 20 | 77 6f 72 6b 65 72 73 2e | future |workers.|
|000004f0| 20 44 75 20 50 6f 6e 74 | 2c 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 | Du Pont|, where |
|00000500| 57 6f 6f 6c 61 72 64 20 | 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 20 |Woolard |started |
|00000510| 33 33 0d 0a 79 65 61 72 | 73 20 61 67 6f 20 69 6e |33..year|s ago in|
|00000520| 20 61 20 70 6c 61 6e 74 | 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 | a plant| with a |
|00000530| 73 65 67 72 65 67 61 74 | 65 64 20 63 61 66 65 74 |segregat|ed cafet|
|00000540| 65 72 69 61 20 61 6e 64 | 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 6c |eria and| where l|
|00000550| 65 73 73 0d 0a 74 68 61 | 6e 20 32 30 20 79 65 61 |ess..tha|n 20 yea|
|00000560| 72 73 20 61 67 6f 20 77 | 6f 6d 65 6e 20 77 69 74 |rs ago w|omen wit|
|00000570| 68 20 63 68 65 6d 69 63 | 61 6c 2d 65 6e 67 69 6e |h chemic|al-engin|
|00000580| 65 65 72 69 6e 67 20 64 | 65 67 72 65 65 73 20 6f |eering d|egrees o|
|00000590| 66 74 65 6e 0d 0a 73 74 | 61 72 74 65 64 20 61 73 |ften..st|arted as|
|000005a0| 20 73 65 63 72 65 74 61 | 72 69 65 73 2c 20 69 73 | secreta|ries, is|
|000005b0| 20 6c 65 61 72 6e 69 6e | 67 20 68 6f 77 20 74 6f | learnin|g how to|
|000005c0| 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 2e | 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 | change.|....    |
|000005d0| 41 6e 64 20 6a 75 73 74 | 20 69 6e 20 74 69 6d 65 |And just| in time|
|000005e0| 2e 20 54 68 65 20 55 2e | 53 2e 20 69 73 20 61 62 |. The U.|S. is ab|
|000005f0| 6f 75 74 20 74 6f 20 75 | 6e 64 65 72 67 6f 20 74 |out to u|ndergo t|
|00000600| 68 65 20 6d 6f 73 74 0d | 0a 77 72 65 6e 63 68 69 |he most.|.wrenchi|
|00000610| 6e 67 20 73 68 69 66 74 | 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |ng shift|s in the|
|00000620| 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f 73 69 | 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 | composi|tion and|
|00000630| 20 71 75 61 6c 69 74 79 | 20 6f 66 20 69 74 73 20 | quality| of its |
|00000640| 77 6f 72 6b 0d 0a 66 6f | 72 63 65 20 69 6e 20 6d |work..fo|rce in m|
|00000650| 6f 72 65 20 74 68 61 6e | 20 61 20 68 61 6c 66 2d |ore than| a half-|
|00000660| 63 65 6e 74 75 72 79 2e | 20 57 68 69 6c 65 20 6d |century.| While m|
|00000670| 6f 73 74 20 63 6f 6d 70 | 61 6e 69 65 73 20 68 61 |ost comp|anies ha|
|00000680| 76 65 20 79 65 74 0d 0a | 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d 65 20 |ve yet..|to come |
|00000690| 74 6f 20 67 72 69 70 73 | 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 |to grips| with th|
|000006a0| 65 20 6e 65 77 20 72 65 | 61 6c 69 74 69 65 73 2c |e new re|alities,|
|000006b0| 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c | 64 2c 20 68 61 72 64 20 | the col|d, hard |
|000006c0| 66 61 63 74 20 69 73 0d | 0a 74 68 61 74 20 63 6f |fact is.|.that co|
|000006d0| 72 70 6f 72 61 74 65 20 | 41 6d 65 72 69 63 61 20 |rporate |America |
|000006e0| 69 73 20 66 61 63 69 6e | 67 20 61 20 64 65 65 70 |is facin|g a deep|
|000006f0| 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 73 68 | 6f 72 74 61 67 65 20 6f |ening sh|ortage o|
|00000700| 66 20 73 6b 69 6c 6c 65 | 64 0d 0a 6c 61 62 6f 72 |f skille|d..labor|
|00000710| 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 | 64 65 63 61 64 65 73 20 | in the |decades |
|00000720| 6a 75 73 74 20 61 68 65 | 61 64 2e 20 44 75 72 69 |just ahe|ad. Duri|
|00000730| 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6e | 65 78 74 20 31 30 20 79 |ng the n|ext 10 y|
|00000740| 65 61 72 73 2c 20 74 68 | 65 0d 0a 55 2e 53 2e 20 |ears, th|e..U.S. |
|00000750| 70 6f 70 75 6c 61 74 69 | 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 74 |populati|on and t|
|00000760| 68 65 20 6c 61 62 6f 72 | 20 66 6f 72 63 65 20 77 |he labor| force w|
|00000770| 69 6c 6c 20 65 78 70 61 | 6e 64 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |ill expa|nd more |
|00000780| 73 6c 6f 77 6c 79 20 74 | 68 61 6e 0d 0a 61 74 20 |slowly t|han..at |
|00000790| 61 6e 79 20 6f 74 68 65 | 72 20 74 69 6d 65 20 73 |any othe|r time s|
|000007a0| 69 6e 63 65 20 74 68 65 | 20 31 39 33 30 73 2e 20 |ince the| 1930s. |
|000007b0| 54 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6b | 20 66 6f 72 63 65 20 67 |The work| force g|
|000007c0| 72 65 77 20 62 79 20 33 | 0d 0a 6d 69 6c 6c 69 6f |rew by 3|..millio|
|000007d0| 6e 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 72 | 73 20 61 20 79 65 61 72 |n worker|s a year|
|000007e0| 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 | 74 68 65 20 31 39 37 30 | during |the 1970|
|000007f0| 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 77 | 69 6c 6c 20 73 77 65 6c |s, but w|ill swel|
|00000800| 6c 20 62 79 20 6f 6e 6c | 79 0d 0a 31 2e 36 20 6d |l by onl|y..1.6 m|
|00000810| 69 6c 6c 69 6f 6e 20 6e | 65 77 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 |illion n|ew worke|
|00000820| 72 73 20 61 20 79 65 61 | 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |rs a yea|r in the|
|00000830| 20 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 | 64 65 63 61 64 65 2e 20 | coming |decade. |
|00000840| 46 6f 72 20 74 68 65 0d | 0a 66 69 72 73 74 20 74 |For the.|.first t|
|00000850| 69 6d 65 20 69 6e 20 74 | 68 65 69 72 20 77 6f 72 |ime in t|heir wor|
|00000860| 6b 69 6e 67 20 6c 69 76 | 65 73 2c 20 55 2e 53 2e |king liv|es, U.S.|
|00000870| 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 | 73 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f | manager|s are no|
|00000880| 20 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 0d | 0a 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f | longer.|.able to|
|00000890| 20 70 69 63 6b 20 61 6e | 64 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 | pick an|d choose|
|000008a0| 20 61 6d 6f 6e 67 20 61 | 6e 20 65 6d 62 61 72 72 | among a|n embarr|
|000008b0| 61 73 73 6d 65 6e 74 20 | 6f 66 20 6c 61 62 6f 72 |assment |of labor|
|000008c0| 20 72 69 63 68 65 73 2c | 0d 0a 62 75 74 20 6d 75 | riches,|..but mu|
|000008d0| 73 74 20 63 6f 6d 70 65 | 74 65 20 68 61 72 64 65 |st compe|te harde|
|000008e0| 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 65 | 76 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 |r than e|ver for |
|000008f0| 77 65 6c 6c 2d 65 64 75 | 63 61 74 65 64 20 77 6f |well-edu|cated wo|
|00000900| 72 6b 65 72 73 2e 0d 0a | 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 41 74 |rkers...|..    At|
|00000910| 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d | 65 20 74 69 6d 65 2c 20 | the sam|e time, |
|00000920| 74 68 65 20 66 61 63 65 | 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |the face| of the |
|00000930| 77 6f 72 6b 20 66 6f 72 | 63 65 20 69 73 20 63 68 |work for|ce is ch|
|00000940| 61 6e 67 69 6e 67 0d 0a | 64 72 61 6d 61 74 69 63 |anging..|dramatic|
|00000950| 61 6c 6c 79 2e 20 57 68 | 69 6c 65 20 74 68 65 20 |ally. Wh|ile the |
|00000960| 6c 61 62 6f 72 20 66 6f | 72 63 65 20 77 69 6c 6c |labor fo|rce will|
|00000970| 20 67 72 6f 77 20 73 6c | 6f 77 6c 79 20 6f 76 65 | grow sl|owly ove|
|00000980| 72 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 6e | 65 78 74 20 64 65 63 61 |r the..n|ext deca|
|00000990| 64 65 2c 20 74 77 6f 2d | 74 68 69 72 64 73 20 6f |de, two-|thirds o|
|000009a0| 66 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e | 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 77 |f the in|crease w|
|000009b0| 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 77 | 6f 6d 65 6e 20 73 74 61 |ill be w|omen sta|
|000009c0| 72 74 69 6e 67 0d 0a 6f | 72 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e |rting..o|r return|
|000009d0| 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 77 | 6f 72 6b 3b 20 6d 69 6e |ing to w|ork; min|
|000009e0| 6f 72 69 74 79 20 6d 61 | 6c 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 |ority ma|les and |
|000009f0| 69 6d 6d 69 67 72 61 6e | 74 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |immigran|ts will |
|00000a00| 61 63 63 6f 75 6e 74 0d | 0a 66 6f 72 20 6d 75 63 |account.|.for muc|
|00000a10| 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | 20 72 65 73 74 2e 20 4d |h of the| rest. M|
|00000a20| 6f 73 74 20 73 74 61 72 | 74 6c 69 6e 67 2c 20 6f |ost star|tling, o|
|00000a30| 6e 6c 79 20 39 2e 33 25 | 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |nly 9.3%| of the |
|00000a40| 6e 65 77 0d 0a 77 6f 72 | 6b 65 72 73 20 77 69 6c |new..wor|kers wil|
|00000a50| 6c 20 72 65 70 72 65 73 | 65 6e 74 20 74 68 65 20 |l repres|ent the |
|00000a60| 70 6f 70 75 6c 61 74 69 | 6f 6e 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |populati|on from |
|00000a70| 77 68 69 63 68 20 6e 65 | 61 72 6c 79 20 61 6c 6c |which ne|arly all|
|00000a80| 20 74 6f 70 0d 0a 63 6f | 72 70 6f 72 61 74 65 20 | top..co|rporate |
|00000a90| 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 73 | 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 70 |managers| have sp|
|00000aa0| 72 75 6e 67 3a 20 77 68 | 69 74 65 2c 20 6e 6f 6e |rung: wh|ite, non|
|00000ab0| 2d 48 69 73 70 61 6e 69 | 63 20 55 2e 53 2e 2d 62 |-Hispani|c U.S.-b|
|00000ac0| 6f 72 6e 0d 0a 6d 65 6e | 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 |orn..men|.....   |
|00000ad0| 20 54 68 65 73 65 20 63 | 68 61 6e 67 65 73 20 61 | These c|hanges a|
|00000ae0| 72 65 20 62 65 63 6f 6d | 69 6e 67 20 65 76 69 64 |re becom|ing evid|
|00000af0| 65 6e 74 20 69 6e 20 74 | 68 65 20 6c 61 62 6f 72 |ent in t|he labor|
|00000b00| 20 6d 61 72 6b 65 74 2e | 0d 0a 57 68 69 6c 65 20 | market.|..While |
|00000b10| 77 6f 6d 65 6e 2c 20 66 | 6f 72 20 65 78 61 6d 70 |women, f|or examp|
|00000b20| 6c 65 2c 20 73 74 69 6c | 6c 20 66 61 63 65 20 66 |le, stil|l face f|
|00000b30| 6f 72 6d 69 64 61 62 6c | 65 20 6f 62 73 74 61 63 |ormidabl|e obstac|
|00000b40| 6c 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 | 68 65 0d 0a 72 6f 61 64 |les on t|he..road|
|00000b50| 20 74 6f 20 74 6f 70 20 | 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 6d 65 | to top |manageme|
|00000b60| 6e 74 2c 20 74 68 65 79 | 20 68 61 76 65 20 6d 61 |nt, they| have ma|
|00000b70| 64 65 20 64 72 61 6d 61 | 74 69 63 20 69 6e 72 6f |de drama|tic inro|
|00000b80| 61 64 73 20 69 6e 74 6f | 0d 0a 6f 63 63 75 70 61 |ads into|..occupa|
|00000b90| 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 70 72 | 65 76 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 |tions pr|eviously|
|00000ba0| 20 72 65 73 65 72 76 65 | 64 20 6d 6f 73 74 6c 79 | reserve|d mostly|
|00000bb0| 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 65 6e | 2e 20 4e 65 61 72 6c 79 | for men|. Nearly|
|00000bc0| 20 31 38 25 20 6f 66 0d | 0a 64 6f 63 74 6f 72 73 | 18% of.|.doctors|
|00000bd0| 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 77 | 20 77 6f 6d 65 6e 2c 20 | are now| women, |
|00000be0| 61 73 20 61 72 65 20 32 | 32 25 20 6f 66 20 6c 61 |as are 2|2% of la|
|00000bf0| 77 79 65 72 73 2c 20 33 | 32 25 20 6f 66 20 63 6f |wyers, 3|2% of co|
|00000c00| 6d 70 75 74 65 72 0d 0a | 73 79 73 74 65 6d 73 20 |mputer..|systems |
|00000c10| 61 6e 61 6c 79 73 74 73 | 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 65 61 |analysts| and nea|
|00000c20| 72 6c 79 20 68 61 6c 66 | 20 6f 66 20 61 63 63 6f |rly half| of acco|
|00000c30| 75 6e 74 61 6e 74 73 20 | 61 6e 64 20 61 75 64 69 |untants |and audi|
|00000c40| 74 6f 72 73 2e 0d 0a 4f | 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 |tors...O|ver the |
|00000c50| 6e 65 78 74 20 73 65 76 | 65 72 61 6c 20 79 65 61 |next sev|eral yea|
|00000c60| 72 73 2c 20 77 6f 6d 65 | 6e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6d |rs, wome|n will m|
|00000c70| 61 6b 65 20 75 70 20 74 | 68 65 20 6d 61 6a 6f 72 |ake up t|he major|
|00000c80| 69 74 79 20 6f 66 0d 0a | 6e 65 77 20 73 6b 69 6c |ity of..|new skil|
|00000c90| 6c 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 | 65 64 75 63 61 74 65 64 |led and |educated|
|00000ca0| 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 72 73 | 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 | workers|.....   |
|00000cb0| 20 54 68 6f 75 67 68 20 | 6d 6f 73 74 20 66 69 72 | Though |most fir|
|00000cc0| 6d 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 | 62 65 65 6e 20 73 6c 6f |ms have |been slo|
|00000cd0| 77 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 | 70 6f 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 |w to res|pond to |
|00000ce0| 74 68 65 73 65 0d 0a 64 | 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 6d 65 |these..d|evelopme|
|00000cf0| 6e 74 73 2c 20 73 6d 61 | 72 74 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 |nts, sma|rt manag|
|00000d00| 65 72 73 20 73 65 61 72 | 63 68 69 6e 67 20 66 6f |ers sear|ching fo|
|00000d10| 72 20 74 61 6c 65 6e 74 | 20 61 72 65 20 61 6c 72 |r talent| are alr|
|00000d20| 65 61 64 79 0d 0a 63 6f | 75 72 74 69 6e 67 20 74 |eady..co|urting t|
|00000d30| 68 65 20 77 6f 6d 65 6e | 2c 20 41 66 72 69 63 61 |he women|, Africa|
|00000d40| 6e 20 41 6d 65 72 69 63 | 61 6e 73 2c 20 48 69 73 |n Americ|ans, His|
|00000d50| 70 61 6e 69 63 73 2c 20 | 41 73 69 61 6e 73 20 61 |panics, |Asians a|
|00000d60| 6e 64 0d 0a 6f 74 68 65 | 72 73 20 77 68 6f 6d 20 |nd..othe|rs whom |
|00000d70| 63 6f 72 70 6f 72 61 74 | 65 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 |corporat|e execut|
|00000d80| 69 76 65 73 20 68 61 76 | 65 20 74 72 61 64 69 74 |ives hav|e tradit|
|00000d90| 69 6f 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 | 64 69 73 63 6f 75 6e 74 |ionally |discount|
|00000da0| 65 64 0d 0a 6f 72 20 64 | 69 73 6d 69 73 73 65 64 |ed..or d|ismissed|
|00000db0| 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 61 | 72 65 20 72 65 2d 65 78 |. They a|re re-ex|
|00000dc0| 61 6d 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 | 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 6f 70 |amining |from top|
|00000dd0| 20 74 6f 20 62 6f 74 74 | 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 69 72 | to bott|om their|
|00000de0| 0d 0a 70 65 72 73 6f 6e | 6e 65 6c 20 70 6f 6c 69 |..person|nel poli|
|00000df0| 63 69 65 73 3a 20 74 68 | 65 20 77 61 79 73 20 74 |cies: th|e ways t|
|00000e00| 68 65 79 20 66 69 6e 64 | 20 61 6e 64 20 72 65 63 |hey find| and rec|
|00000e10| 72 75 69 74 20 6e 65 77 | 20 74 61 6c 65 6e 74 2c |ruit new| talent,|
|00000e20| 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 69 6e | 63 65 6e 74 69 76 65 73 |..the in|centives|
|00000e30| 20 61 6e 64 20 62 65 6e | 65 66 69 74 73 20 74 68 | and ben|efits th|
|00000e40| 65 79 20 6f 66 66 65 72 | 2c 20 68 6f 77 20 74 68 |ey offer|, how th|
|00000e50| 65 79 20 6f 72 67 61 6e | 69 7a 65 20 77 6f 72 6b |ey organ|ize work|
|00000e60| 2e 0d 0a 54 68 65 79 20 | 61 72 65 20 6c 65 61 72 |...They |are lear|
|00000e70| 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 | 74 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 |ning tha|t the ne|
|00000e80| 77 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 66 | 6f 72 63 65 20 68 61 73 |w work f|orce has|
|00000e90| 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 | 6e 74 20 6e 65 65 64 73 | differe|nt needs|
|00000ea0| 0d 0a 61 6e 64 20 61 72 | 65 20 65 78 70 6c 6f 72 |..and ar|e explor|
|00000eb0| 69 6e 67 20 77 61 79 73 | 20 74 6f 20 6d 65 65 74 |ing ways| to meet|
|00000ec0| 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 0d 0a | 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 4e 6f | them...|..    No|
|00000ed0| 62 6c 65 20 61 73 20 74 | 68 65 73 65 20 65 66 66 |ble as t|hese eff|
|00000ee0| 6f 72 74 73 20 61 72 65 | 2c 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 |orts are|, the ch|
|00000ef0| 69 65 66 20 65 78 65 63 | 75 74 69 76 65 73 20 70 |ief exec|utives p|
|00000f00| 75 73 68 69 6e 67 0d 0a | 6f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 |ushing..|open the|
|00000f10| 20 64 6f 6f 72 73 20 74 | 6f 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 | doors t|o the ex|
|00000f20| 65 63 75 74 69 76 65 20 | 73 75 69 74 65 20 61 72 |ecutive |suite ar|
|00000f30| 65 20 61 63 74 69 6e 67 | 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 6f 75 |e acting| more ou|
|00000f40| 74 20 6f 66 0d 0a 70 72 | 61 67 6d 61 74 69 73 6d |t of..pr|agmatism|
|00000f50| 20 74 68 61 6e 20 70 72 | 6f 62 69 74 79 2e 20 22 | than pr|obity. "|
|00000f60| 49 74 20 64 6f 65 73 6e | 27 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 |It doesn|'t make |
|00000f70| 73 65 6e 73 65 20 74 6f | 20 63 75 74 20 79 6f 75 |sense to| cut you|
|00000f80| 72 73 65 6c 66 0d 0a 6f | 66 66 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |rself..o|ff from |
|00000f90| 68 61 6c 66 20 6f 66 20 | 74 68 65 20 74 61 6c 65 |half of |the tale|
|00000fa0| 6e 74 65 64 20 70 65 6f | 70 6c 65 20 69 6e 20 74 |nted peo|ple in t|
|00000fb0| 68 69 73 20 77 6f 72 6c | 64 2c 22 20 6f 62 73 65 |his worl|d," obse|
|00000fc0| 72 76 65 73 0d 0a 47 65 | 6f 72 67 65 20 48 61 72 |rves..Ge|orge Har|
|00000fd0| 76 65 79 2c 20 63 68 69 | 65 66 20 65 78 65 63 75 |vey, chi|ef execu|
|00000fe0| 74 69 76 65 20 6f 66 20 | 50 69 74 6e 65 79 20 42 |tive of |Pitney B|
|00000ff0| 6f 77 65 73 2c 20 74 68 | 65 20 67 69 61 6e 74 0d |owes, th|e giant.|
|00001000| 0a 43 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 | 69 63 75 74 2d 62 61 73 |.Connect|icut-bas|
|00001010| 65 64 20 6f 66 66 69 63 | 65 2d 65 71 75 69 70 6d |ed offic|e-equipm|
|00001020| 65 6e 74 20 63 6f 6d 70 | 61 6e 79 2e 20 22 49 66 |ent comp|any. "If|
|00001030| 20 77 65 27 72 65 20 6b | 6e 6f 77 6e 20 61 73 0d | we're k|nown as.|
|00001040| 0a 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 | 70 6c 61 63 65 20 74 6f |.a good |place to|
|00001050| 20 77 6f 72 6b 2c 20 6d | 6f 72 65 20 67 6f 6f 64 | work, m|ore good|
|00001060| 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 | 77 69 6c 6c 20 77 61 6e | people |will wan|
|00001070| 74 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 | 6b 20 68 65 72 65 2e 0d |t to wor|k here..|
|00001080| 0a 54 68 61 74 20 77 69 | 6c 6c 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 |.That wi|ll make |
|00001090| 75 73 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 | 63 6f 6d 70 65 74 69 74 |us more |competit|
|000010a0| 69 76 65 2c 20 77 68 69 | 63 68 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 |ive, whi|ch means|
|000010b0| 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 73 61 | 6c 65 73 20 61 6e 64 0d | more sa|les and.|
|000010c0| 0a 68 69 67 68 65 72 20 | 73 74 6f 63 6b 20 70 72 |.higher |stock pr|
|000010d0| 69 63 65 73 2e 22 0d 0a | 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 53 69 |ices."..|..    Si|
|000010e0| 6e 63 65 20 31 39 38 35 | 20 48 61 72 76 65 79 20 |nce 1985| Harvey |
|000010f0| 68 61 73 20 65 6e 66 6f | 72 63 65 64 20 74 68 61 |has enfo|rced tha|
|00001100| 74 20 70 68 69 6c 6f 73 | 6f 70 68 79 20 77 69 74 |t philos|ophy wit|
|00001110| 68 20 68 69 73 0d 0a 33 | 35 2d 31 35 20 70 6c 61 |h his..3|5-15 pla|
|00001120| 6e 3a 20 61 74 20 6c 65 | 61 73 74 20 33 35 25 20 |n: at le|ast 35% |
|00001130| 6f 66 20 61 6c 6c 20 6e | 65 77 20 65 6d 70 6c 6f |of all n|ew emplo|
|00001140| 79 65 65 73 20 68 69 72 | 65 64 20 6d 75 73 74 20 |yees hir|ed must |
|00001150| 62 65 0d 0a 77 6f 6d 65 | 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 31 |be..wome|n, and 1|
|00001160| 35 25 20 6f 72 20 6d 6f | 72 65 20 6d 75 73 74 20 |5% or mo|re must |
|00001170| 62 65 20 6d 65 6d 62 65 | 72 73 20 6f 66 20 61 20 |be membe|rs of a |
|00001180| 6d 69 6e 6f 72 69 74 79 | 2e 20 4d 61 6e 61 67 65 |minority|. Manage|
|00001190| 72 73 27 0d 0a 70 61 79 | 20 61 6e 64 20 62 6f 6e |rs'..pay| and bon|
|000011a0| 75 73 65 73 20 64 65 70 | 65 6e 64 20 6f 6e 20 6d |uses dep|end on m|
|000011b0| 65 65 74 69 6e 67 20 74 | 68 6f 73 65 20 74 61 72 |eeting t|hose tar|
|000011c0| 67 65 74 73 2e 20 4f 6e | 65 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 |gets. On|e result|
|000011d0| 20 6f 66 0d 0a 73 75 63 | 68 20 65 66 66 6f 72 74 | of..suc|h effort|
|000011e0| 73 3a 20 74 68 6f 75 67 | 68 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f |s: thoug|h the co|
|000011f0| 6d 70 61 6e 79 20 68 61 | 64 20 61 6c 6d 6f 73 74 |mpany ha|d almost|
|00001200| 20 6e 6f 20 66 65 6d 61 | 6c 65 20 74 6f 70 0d 0a | no fema|le top..|
|00001210| 65 78 65 63 75 74 69 76 | 65 73 20 31 30 20 79 65 |executiv|es 10 ye|
|00001220| 61 72 73 20 61 67 6f 2c | 20 31 37 25 20 6f 66 20 |ars ago,| 17% of |
|00001230| 63 6f 72 70 6f 72 61 74 | 65 20 6f 66 66 69 63 65 |corporat|e office|
|00001240| 72 73 20 74 6f 64 61 79 | 20 61 72 65 0d 0a 77 6f |rs today| are..wo|
|00001250| 6d 65 6e 2e 20 48 61 72 | 76 65 79 20 68 61 73 20 |men. Har|vey has |
|00001260| 67 6f 6e 65 20 73 6f 20 | 66 61 72 20 61 73 20 74 |gone so |far as t|
|00001270| 6f 20 62 61 6e 20 73 65 | 78 69 73 74 20 63 6f 6d |o ban se|xist com|
|00001280| 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 66 72 | 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 0d 0a |ments fr|om the..|
|00001290| 77 6f 72 6b 70 6c 61 63 | 65 3b 20 70 65 72 73 69 |workplac|e; persi|
|000012a0| 73 74 65 6e 74 20 6f 66 | 66 65 6e 64 65 72 73 20 |stent of|fenders |
|000012b0| 61 72 65 20 66 69 72 65 | 64 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 |are fire|d.....  |
|000012c0| 20 20 43 6f 6c 67 61 74 | 65 2d 50 61 6c 6d 6f 6c |  Colgat|e-Palmol|
|000012d0| 69 76 65 20 63 68 61 69 | 72 6d 61 6e 20 52 65 75 |ive chai|rman Reu|
|000012e0| 62 65 6e 20 4d 61 72 6b | 20 68 61 73 20 73 69 6d |ben Mark| has sim|
|000012f0| 69 6c 61 72 6c 79 0d 0a | 65 6d 62 72 61 63 65 64 |ilarly..|embraced|
|00001300| 20 22 63 75 6c 74 75 72 | 61 6c 20 64 69 76 65 72 | "cultur|al diver|
|00001310| 73 69 74 79 22 20 61 73 | 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 |sity" as| a compa|
|00001320| 6e 79 20 67 6f 61 6c 2c | 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 72 61 |ny goal,| compara|
|00001330| 62 6c 65 20 69 6e 0d 0a | 69 6d 70 6f 72 74 61 6e |ble in..|importan|
|00001340| 63 65 20 74 6f 20 73 61 | 6c 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 |ce to sa|les and |
|00001350| 70 72 6f 66 69 74 73 20 | 74 61 72 67 65 74 73 2e |profits |targets.|
|00001360| 20 41 74 20 74 68 65 20 | 66 69 72 6d 2c 20 77 68 | At the |firm, wh|
|00001370| 69 63 68 20 68 61 73 0d | 0a 32 34 2c 34 30 30 20 |ich has.|.24,400 |
|00001380| 77 6f 72 6b 65 72 73 2c | 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 32 |workers,| about 2|
|00001390| 35 25 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | 65 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 |5% of th|e manage|
|000013a0| 72 73 20 61 72 65 20 77 | 6f 6d 65 6e 2c 20 75 70 |rs are w|omen, up|
|000013b0| 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 39 25 | 0d 0a 69 6e 20 31 39 38 | from 9%|..in 198|
|000013c0| 36 2e 20 49 6e 20 41 75 | 67 75 73 74 20 31 39 38 |6. In Au|gust 198|
|000013d0| 39 2c 20 4d 61 72 6b 20 | 70 72 6f 6d 6f 74 65 64 |9, Mark |promoted|
|000013e0| 20 4c 6f 75 69 73 65 20 | 4a 75 6c 69 62 65 72 20 | Louise |Juliber |
|000013f0| 74 6f 20 68 65 61 64 0d | 0a 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 |to head.|.one of |
|00001400| 43 6f 6c 67 61 74 65 27 | 73 20 66 6f 75 72 20 6d |Colgate'|s four m|
|00001410| 61 69 6e 20 6f 70 65 72 | 61 74 69 6e 67 20 75 6e |ain oper|ating un|
|00001420| 69 74 73 2e 20 53 61 79 | 73 20 4d 61 72 6b 3a 20 |its. Say|s Mark: |
|00001430| 22 54 68 65 0d 0a 70 72 | 65 73 73 75 72 65 20 68 |"The..pr|essure h|
|00001440| 61 73 20 74 6f 20 63 6f | 6d 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |as to co|me from |
|00001450| 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 2e | 20 54 68 65 20 6f 72 67 |the top.| The org|
|00001460| 61 6e 69 7a 61 74 69 6f | 6e 20 72 65 61 63 74 73 |anizatio|n reacts|
|00001470| 20 74 6f 0d 0a 77 68 61 | 74 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 | to..wha|t manage|
|00001480| 6d 65 6e 74 20 76 61 6c | 75 65 73 2c 20 77 68 65 |ment val|ues, whe|
|00001490| 74 68 65 72 20 69 74 20 | 69 73 20 70 72 6f 66 69 |ther it |is profi|
|000014a0| 74 73 20 6f 72 20 73 74 | 72 6f 6e 67 20 63 75 6c |ts or st|rong cul|
|000014b0| 74 75 72 61 6c 0d 0a 64 | 69 76 65 72 73 69 74 79 |tural..d|iversity|
|000014c0| 2e 22 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 | 20 20 49 6e 20 44 65 6e |."....  |  In Den|
|000014d0| 76 65 72 2c 20 61 66 74 | 65 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |ver, aft|er more |
|000014e0| 74 68 61 6e 20 73 69 78 | 20 79 65 61 72 73 20 6f |than six| years o|
|000014f0| 66 20 70 75 73 68 69 6e | 67 20 74 6f 20 64 69 76 |f pushin|g to div|
|00001500| 65 72 73 69 66 79 0d 0a | 74 68 65 20 6e 65 61 72 |ersify..|the near|
|00001510| 6c 79 20 61 6c 6c 2d 6d | 61 6c 65 20 73 65 6e 69 |ly all-m|ale seni|
|00001520| 6f 72 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 | 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 6f 66 |or manag|ement of|
|00001530| 20 55 53 20 57 65 73 74 | 2c 20 63 68 69 65 66 0d | US West|, chief.|
|00001540| 0a 65 78 65 63 75 74 69 | 76 65 20 4a 61 63 6b 20 |.executi|ve Jack |
|00001550| 4d 63 41 6c 6c 69 73 74 | 65 72 20 72 65 70 6f 72 |McAllist|er repor|
|00001560| 74 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 | 37 37 20 6f 66 20 68 69 |ts that |77 of hi|
|00001570| 73 20 74 6f 70 20 33 35 | 30 0d 0a 6d 61 6e 61 67 |s top 35|0..manag|
|00001580| 65 72 73 20 61 72 65 20 | 77 6f 6d 65 6e 2e 20 53 |ers are |women. S|
|00001590| 69 6e 63 65 20 4d 61 79 | 20 31 39 38 38 20 68 65 |ince May| 1988 he|
|000015a0| 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 | 6e 20 73 75 70 65 72 76 | has bee|n superv|
|000015b0| 69 73 69 6e 67 20 61 6e | 0d 0a 61 6d 62 69 74 69 |ising an|..ambiti|
|000015c0| 6f 75 73 20 6e 65 77 20 | 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 6d 65 |ous new |manageme|
|000015d0| 6e 74 2d 74 72 61 69 6e | 69 6e 67 20 70 72 6f 67 |nt-train|ing prog|
|000015e0| 72 61 6d 20 64 65 73 69 | 67 6e 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |ram desi|gned to |
|000015f0| 74 61 63 6b 6c 65 20 61 | 6e 0d 0a 65 76 65 6e 20 |tackle a|n..even |
|00001600| 6d 6f 72 65 20 73 74 75 | 62 62 6f 72 6e 20 70 72 |more stu|bborn pr|
|00001610| 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 61 74 | 20 74 68 65 20 36 35 2c |oblem at| the 65,|
|00001620| 30 30 30 2d 77 6f 72 6b | 65 72 20 42 61 62 79 20 |000-work|er Baby |
|00001630| 42 65 6c 6c 2e 20 57 68 | 69 6c 65 0d 0a 69 6e 20 |Bell. Wh|ile..in |
|00001640| 74 68 65 20 70 61 73 74 | 2c 20 31 20 69 6e 20 32 |the past|, 1 in 2|
|00001650| 31 20 77 68 69 74 65 20 | 6d 61 6c 65 73 20 61 74 |1 white |males at|
|00001660| 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 | 6d 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 | the fir|m could |
|00001670| 65 78 70 65 63 74 20 74 | 6f 0d 0a 72 65 61 63 68 |expect t|o..reach|
|00001680| 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 70 | 65 72 76 69 73 6f 72 79 | the sup|ervisory|
|00001690| 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 6f | 72 20 68 69 67 68 65 72 | level o|r higher|
|000016a0| 2c 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 31 | 20 69 6e 20 32 38 39 20 |, only 1| in 289 |
|000016b0| 62 6c 61 63 6b 20 61 6e | 64 0d 0a 48 69 73 70 61 |black an|d..Hispa|
|000016c0| 6e 69 63 20 77 6f 6d 65 | 6e 20 64 69 64 20 73 6f |nic wome|n did so|
|000016d0| 2e 20 55 6e 64 65 72 20 | 74 68 65 20 57 6f 6d 65 |. Under |the Wome|
|000016e0| 6e 20 6f 66 20 43 6f 6c | 6f 72 20 41 63 63 65 6c |n of Col|or Accel|
|000016f0| 65 72 61 74 65 64 0d 0a | 44 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 6d |erated..|Developm|
|00001700| 65 6e 74 20 50 72 6f 67 | 72 61 6d 2c 20 74 68 6f |ent Prog|ram, tho|
|00001710| 75 67 68 2c 20 55 53 20 | 57 65 73 74 20 68 61 73 |ugh, US |West has|
|00001720| 20 73 6f 20 66 61 72 20 | 70 72 6f 6d 6f 74 65 64 | so far |promoted|
|00001730| 20 33 32 20 6f 66 0d 0a | 74 68 65 20 35 30 20 70 | 32 of..|the 50 p|
|00001740| 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 70 | 61 72 74 69 63 69 70 61 |rogram p|articipa|
|00001750| 6e 74 73 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a | 20 20 20 20 46 69 6e 64 |nts.....|    Find|
|00001760| 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 | 70 72 6f 6d 6f 74 69 6e |ing and |promotin|
|00001770| 67 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 66 | 65 6d 61 6c 65 20 6d 61 |g good f|emale ma|
|00001780| 6e 61 67 65 72 73 20 69 | 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 74 68 |nagers i|s one th|
|00001790| 69 6e 67 3b 0d 0a 6b 65 | 65 70 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |ing;..ke|eping th|
|000017a0| 65 6d 20 69 73 20 70 72 | 6f 76 69 6e 67 20 74 6f |em is pr|oving to|
|000017b0| 20 62 65 20 61 20 74 61 | 6c 6c 20 6f 72 64 65 72 | be a ta|ll order|
|000017c0| 2e 20 4d 61 6e 79 20 6f | 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f |. Many o|f the mo|
|000017d0| 73 74 0d 0a 61 63 63 6f | 6d 70 6c 69 73 68 65 64 |st..acco|mplished|
|000017e0| 20 77 6f 6d 65 6e 20 67 | 65 74 20 66 65 64 20 75 | women g|et fed u|
|000017f0| 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 63 | 6f 72 70 6f 72 61 74 65 |p with c|orporate|
|00001800| 20 6c 69 66 65 20 77 68 | 65 6e 20 74 68 65 79 20 | life wh|en they |
|00001810| 66 61 69 6c 0d 0a 74 6f | 20 61 64 76 61 6e 63 65 |fail..to| advance|
|00001820| 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 | 65 20 75 70 70 65 72 20 | into th|e upper |
|00001830| 65 63 68 65 6c 6f 6e 73 | 2e 20 54 77 65 6e 74 79 |echelons|. Twenty|
|00001840| 20 79 65 61 72 73 20 61 | 66 74 65 72 20 77 6f 6d | years a|fter wom|
|00001850| 65 6e 0d 0a 65 6e 74 65 | 72 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 |en..ente|red the |
|00001860| 70 72 6f 66 65 73 73 69 | 6f 6e 61 6c 20 72 61 6e |professi|onal ran|
|00001870| 6b 73 20 69 6e 20 73 69 | 67 6e 69 66 69 63 61 6e |ks in si|gnifican|
|00001880| 74 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 | 73 2c 20 76 65 72 79 20 |t number|s, very |
|00001890| 66 65 77 0d 0a 68 61 76 | 65 20 62 72 6f 6b 65 6e |few..hav|e broken|
|000018a0| 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 | 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 64 | through| the mid|
|000018b0| 64 6c 65 20 72 61 6e 6b | 73 20 6f 66 20 6d 61 6e |dle rank|s of man|
|000018c0| 61 67 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 | 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 74 |agement |to the t|
|000018d0| 6f 70 0d 0a 6a 6f 62 73 | 2e 20 41 20 4b 6f 72 6e |op..jobs|. A Korn|
|000018e0| 2f 46 65 72 72 79 20 73 | 75 72 76 65 79 20 6c 61 |/Ferry s|urvey la|
|000018f0| 73 74 20 79 65 61 72 20 | 6f 66 20 61 6c 6c 20 46 |st year |of all F|
|00001900| 4f 52 54 55 4e 45 20 31 | 2c 30 30 30 0d 0a 63 6f |ORTUNE 1|,000..co|
|00001910| 6d 70 61 6e 69 65 73 20 | 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 |mpanies |found th|
|00001920| 61 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | 65 20 74 6f 70 20 66 69 |at of th|e top fi|
|00001930| 76 65 20 6a 6f 62 73 20 | 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 43 45 |ve jobs |below CE|
|00001940| 4f 20 61 74 20 65 61 63 | 68 0d 0a 66 69 72 6d 2c |O at eac|h..firm,|
|00001950| 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 33 25 | 20 61 72 65 20 68 65 6c | only 3%| are hel|
|00001960| 64 20 62 79 20 77 6f 6d | 65 6e 2c 20 75 70 20 66 |d by wom|en, up f|
|00001970| 72 6f 6d 20 31 25 20 61 | 20 64 65 63 61 64 65 20 |rom 1% a| decade |
|00001980| 61 67 6f 2e 20 54 68 65 | 0d 0a 72 65 63 6f 72 64 |ago. The|..record|
|00001990| 20 69 73 20 73 6f 20 64 | 69 73 6d 61 6c 20 74 68 | is so d|ismal th|
|000019a0| 61 74 20 65 61 72 6c 69 | 65 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 |at earli|er this |
|000019b0| 79 65 61 72 2c 20 53 65 | 63 72 65 74 61 72 79 20 |year, Se|cretary |
|000019c0| 6f 66 20 4c 61 62 6f 72 | 0d 0a 45 6c 69 7a 61 62 |of Labor|..Elizab|
|000019d0| 65 74 68 20 44 6f 6c 65 | 20 6c 61 75 6e 63 68 65 |eth Dole| launche|
|000019e0| 64 20 61 6e 20 69 6e 76 | 65 73 74 69 67 61 74 69 |d an inv|estigati|
|000019f0| 6f 6e 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 | 62 69 61 73 20 69 6e 20 |on into |bias in |
|00001a00| 74 68 65 0d 0a 63 6f 72 | 70 6f 72 61 74 65 20 73 |the..cor|porate s|
|00001a10| 75 69 74 65 2e 0d 0a 0d | 0a 20 20 20 20 43 6f 6d |uite....|.    Com|
|00001a20| 70 61 6e 69 65 73 20 74 | 68 61 74 20 61 72 65 20 |panies t|hat are |
|00001a30| 73 65 72 69 6f 75 73 20 | 61 62 6f 75 74 20 6d 6f |serious |about mo|
|00001a40| 76 69 6e 67 20 77 6f 6d | 65 6e 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 |ving wom|en into |
|00001a50| 74 68 65 0d 0a 63 6f 72 | 6e 65 72 20 6f 66 66 69 |the..cor|ner offi|
|00001a60| 63 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 | 6b 65 65 70 69 6e 67 20 |ces and |keeping |
|00001a70| 74 68 65 6d 20 74 68 65 | 72 65 20 68 61 76 65 20 |them the|re have |
|00001a80| 74 6f 20 62 65 6e 64 20 | 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 6c 64 |to bend |some old|
|00001a90| 0d 0a 72 75 6c 65 73 2e | 20 54 77 6f 20 66 69 72 |..rules.| Two fir|
|00001aa0| 6d 73 20 62 61 73 65 64 | 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |ms based| in the |
|00001ab0| 57 61 73 68 69 6e 67 74 | 6f 6e 20 61 72 65 61 20 |Washingt|on area |
|00001ac0| 73 74 61 6e 64 20 6f 75 | 74 20 66 6f 72 0d 0a 74 |stand ou|t for..t|
|00001ad0| 68 65 69 72 20 77 69 6c | 6c 69 6e 67 6e 65 73 73 |heir wil|lingness|
|00001ae0| 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 | 68 61 74 2e 20 41 74 20 | to do t|hat. At |
|00001af0| 47 61 6e 6e 65 74 74 2c | 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 64 |Gannett,| the med|
|00001b00| 69 61 20 66 69 72 6d 2c | 20 34 31 25 0d 0a 6f 66 |ia firm,| 41%..of|
|00001b10| 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 | 6b 65 72 73 20 69 6e 20 | the wor|kers in |
|00001b20| 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 20 | 66 6f 75 72 20 63 61 74 |the top |four cat|
|00001b30| 65 67 6f 72 69 65 73 20 | 61 72 65 20 77 6f 6d 65 |egories |are wome|
|00001b40| 6e 2c 20 61 73 20 77 65 | 6c 6c 20 61 73 0d 0a 66 |n, as we|ll as..f|
|00001b50| 6f 75 72 20 6f 66 20 31 | 35 20 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 |our of 1|5 member|
|00001b60| 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 6f |s of the| board o|
|00001b70| 66 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 | 6f 72 73 2e 20 41 74 20 |f direct|ors. At |
|00001b80| 4d 43 49 2c 20 77 68 65 | 72 65 20 34 32 25 0d 0a |MCI, whe|re 42%..|
|00001b90| 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 32 | 30 2c 34 30 30 20 65 6d |of the 2|0,400 em|
|00001ba0| 70 6c 6f 79 65 65 73 20 | 61 72 65 20 66 65 6d 61 |ployees |are fema|
|00001bb0| 6c 65 2c 20 77 6f 6d 65 | 6e 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 31 |le, wome|n hold 1|
|00001bc0| 32 25 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | 65 20 33 35 30 0d 0a 74 |2% of th|e 350..t|
|00001bd0| 6f 70 2d 6d 61 6e 61 67 | 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 6a 6f |op-manag|ement jo|
|00001be0| 62 73 2c 20 64 6f 75 62 | 6c 65 20 74 68 65 20 6e |bs, doub|le the n|
|00001bf0| 75 6d 62 65 72 20 74 68 | 72 65 65 20 79 65 61 72 |umber th|ree year|
|00001c00| 73 20 61 67 6f 2e 20 42 | 6f 74 68 0d 0a 63 6f 6d |s ago. B|oth..com|
|00001c10| 70 61 6e 69 65 73 20 61 | 74 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 |panies a|ttribute|
|00001c20| 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 70 | 72 6f 67 72 65 73 73 20 | their p|rogress |
|00001c30| 69 6e 20 70 61 72 74 20 | 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 65 |in part |to the e|
|00001c40| 66 66 6f 72 74 73 20 74 | 68 65 79 0d 0a 68 61 76 |fforts t|hey..hav|
|00001c50| 65 20 6d 61 64 65 20 74 | 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 77 |e made t|o help w|
|00001c60| 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 6d | 6f 74 68 65 72 73 20 62 |orking m|others b|
|00001c70| 61 6c 61 6e 63 65 20 6a | 6f 62 20 61 6e 64 20 66 |alance j|ob and f|
|00001c80| 61 6d 69 6c 79 0d 0a 72 | 65 73 70 6f 6e 73 69 62 |amily..r|esponsib|
|00001c90| 69 6c 69 74 69 65 73 2e | 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 |ilities.|....    |
|00001ca0| 41 74 20 74 68 65 73 65 | 20 66 69 72 6d 73 2c 20 |At these| firms, |
|00001cb0| 69 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f | 20 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 20 |it is no| longer |
|00001cc0| 63 61 72 65 65 72 20 73 | 75 69 63 69 64 65 20 74 |career s|uicide t|
|00001cd0| 6f 20 74 75 72 6e 20 64 | 6f 77 6e 0d 0a 61 20 70 |o turn d|own..a p|
|00001ce0| 72 6f 6d 6f 74 69 6f 6e | 20 6f 72 20 64 65 6c 61 |romotion| or dela|
|00001cf0| 79 20 61 20 74 72 61 6e | 73 66 65 72 20 66 6f 72 |y a tran|sfer for|
|00001d00| 20 66 61 6d 69 6c 79 20 | 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 73 2e | family |reasons.|
|00001d10| 20 42 6f 74 68 0d 0a 63 | 6f 6d 70 61 6e 69 65 73 | Both..c|ompanies|
|00001d20| 20 68 61 76 65 20 6a 65 | 74 74 69 73 6f 6e 65 64 | have je|ttisoned|
|00001d30| 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 67 | 69 64 20 22 67 65 74 20 | the rig|id "get |
|00001d40| 75 70 20 6f 72 20 67 65 | 74 20 6f 75 74 22 0d 0a |up or ge|t out"..|
|00001d50| 63 6f 72 70 6f 72 61 74 | 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 75 6c |corporat|e formul|
|00001d60| 61 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 | 65 6c 64 20 74 68 61 74 |a that h|eld that|
|00001d70| 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 | 73 2c 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 | manager|s, like |
|00001d80| 73 68 61 72 6b 73 2c 20 | 6d 75 73 74 0d 0a 63 6f |sharks, |must..co|
|00001d90| 6e 73 74 61 6e 74 6c 79 | 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 66 6f |nstantly| move fo|
|00001da0| 72 77 61 72 64 20 6f 72 | 20 73 69 6e 6b 2e 20 41 |rward or| sink. A|
|00001db0| 66 74 65 72 20 61 6c 6c | 2c 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 65 |fter all|, many e|
|00001dc0| 78 65 63 75 74 69 76 65 | 73 0d 0a 74 68 65 73 65 |xecutive|s..these|
|00001dd0| 20 64 61 79 73 20 61 72 | 65 20 77 6f 6d 65 6e 20 | days ar|e women |
|00001de0| 77 69 74 68 20 73 6d 61 | 6c 6c 20 63 68 69 6c 64 |with sma|ll child|
|00001df0| 72 65 6e 20 6f 72 20 77 | 6f 6d 65 6e 20 77 68 6f |ren or w|omen who|
|00001e00| 73 65 20 68 75 73 62 61 | 6e 64 73 0d 0a 61 72 65 |se husba|nds..are|
|00001e10| 20 70 75 72 73 75 69 6e | 67 20 61 6d 62 69 74 69 | pursuin|g ambiti|
|00001e20| 6f 75 73 20 63 61 72 65 | 65 72 73 20 6f 66 20 74 |ous care|ers of t|
|00001e30| 68 65 69 72 20 6f 77 6e | 2e 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 5a |heir own|. John Z|
|00001e40| 69 6d 6d 65 72 6d 61 6e | 2c 20 61 6e 0d 0a 4d 43 |immerman|, an..MC|
|00001e50| 49 20 73 65 6e 69 6f 72 | 20 76 69 63 65 20 70 72 |I senior| vice pr|
|00001e60| 65 73 69 64 65 6e 74 2c | 20 63 69 74 65 73 20 74 |esident,| cites t|
|00001e70| 68 65 20 63 61 73 65 20 | 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0d 0a |he case |of the..|
|00001e80| 63 6f 72 70 6f 72 61 74 | 65 2d 64 65 76 65 6c 6f |corporat|e-develo|
|00001e90| 70 6d 65 6e 74 20 65 78 | 65 63 75 74 69 76 65 2c |pment ex|ecutive,|
|00001ea0| 20 61 20 6d 6f 74 68 65 | 72 2c 20 77 68 6f 20 68 | a mothe|r, who h|
|00001eb0| 61 73 20 74 75 72 6e 65 | 64 20 64 6f 77 6e 0d 0a |as turne|d down..|
|00001ec0| 74 77 6f 20 70 72 6f 6d | 6f 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 69 |two prom|otions i|
|00001ed0| 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 | 73 74 20 79 65 61 72 20 |n the pa|st year |
|00001ee0| 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 | 73 68 65 20 64 69 64 20 |because |she did |
|00001ef0| 6e 6f 74 20 77 61 6e 74 | 20 74 6f 0d 0a 6d 6f 76 |not want| to..mov|
|00001f00| 65 2e 20 41 74 20 47 61 | 6e 6e 65 74 74 2c 20 61 |e. At Ga|nnett, a|
|00001f10| 20 77 6f 6d 61 6e 20 64 | 65 63 6c 69 6e 65 64 20 | woman d|eclined |
|00001f20| 61 20 70 72 6f 6d 6f 74 | 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 70 |a promot|ion to p|
|00001f30| 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 72 | 0d 0a 62 65 63 61 75 73 |ublisher|..becaus|
|00001f40| 65 20 73 68 65 20 77 61 | 73 20 62 75 73 79 20 61 |e she wa|s busy a|
|00001f50| 64 6f 70 74 69 6e 67 20 | 61 20 63 68 69 6c 64 2e |dopting |a child.|
|00001f60| 20 48 65 72 20 64 65 63 | 69 73 69 6f 6e 20 77 61 | Her dec|ision wa|
|00001f70| 73 0d 0a 61 63 63 65 70 | 74 65 64 2c 20 61 6e 64 |s..accep|ted, and|
|00001f80| 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f | 74 20 70 72 65 63 6c 75 | will no|t preclu|
|00001f90| 64 65 20 61 20 70 72 6f | 6d 6f 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 |de a pro|motion t|
|00001fa0| 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 | 74 69 6d 65 0d 0a 61 72 |he next |time..ar|
|00001fb0| 6f 75 6e 64 2e 0d 0a 0d | 0a 20 20 20 20 42 75 74 |ound....|.    But|
|00001fc0| 20 72 65 6a 69 67 67 65 | 72 69 6e 67 20 77 6f 72 | rejigge|ring wor|
|00001fd0| 6b 20 61 72 72 61 6e 67 | 65 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 69 |k arrang|ements i|
|00001fe0| 73 20 72 65 6c 61 74 69 | 76 65 6c 79 20 65 61 73 |s relati|vely eas|
|00001ff0| 79 2e 20 54 68 65 0d 0a | 6d 6f 72 65 20 73 75 62 |y. The..|more sub|
|00002000| 74 6c 65 20 63 68 61 6e | 67 65 73 20 6e 65 63 65 |tle chan|ges nece|
|00002010| 73 73 61 72 79 20 74 6f | 20 73 75 63 63 65 73 73 |ssary to| success|
|00002020| 66 75 6c 6c 79 20 6d 61 | 6e 61 67 65 20 61 0d 0a |fully ma|nage a..|
|00002030| 63 75 6c 74 75 72 61 6c | 6c 79 20 64 69 76 65 72 |cultural|ly diver|
|00002040| 73 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 | 66 6f 72 63 65 20 6f 66 |se work |force of|
|00002050| 74 65 6e 20 73 63 61 72 | 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 |ten scar|e the da|
|00002060| 79 6c 69 67 68 74 73 20 | 6f 75 74 20 6f 66 0d 0a |ylights |out of..|
|00002070| 65 76 65 6e 20 74 68 65 | 20 62 65 73 74 2d 69 6e |even the| best-in|
|00002080| 74 65 6e 74 69 6f 6e 65 | 64 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 |tentione|d execut|
|00002090| 69 76 65 73 2e 20 4d 61 | 6e 79 20 66 69 6e 64 20 |ives. Ma|ny find |
|000020a0| 74 68 65 6d 73 65 6c 76 | 65 73 20 66 6f 72 0d 0a |themselv|es for..|
|000020b0| 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 | 74 20 74 69 6d 65 20 61 |the firs|t time a|
|000020c0| 64 72 69 66 74 20 69 6e | 20 75 6e 63 68 61 72 74 |drift in| unchart|
|000020d0| 65 64 20 74 65 72 72 69 | 74 6f 72 79 2e 20 57 6f |ed terri|tory. Wo|
|000020e0| 72 6b 65 72 73 20 64 6f | 6e 27 74 0d 0a 66 6f 6c |rkers do|n't..fol|
|000020f0| 6c 6f 77 20 66 61 6d 69 | 6c 69 61 72 20 63 6f 64 |low fami|liar cod|
|00002100| 65 73 20 6f 66 20 62 65 | 68 61 76 69 6f 72 2e 20 |es of be|havior. |
|00002110| 42 6f 73 73 65 73 20 6d | 75 73 74 20 72 65 74 68 |Bosses m|ust reth|
|00002120| 69 6e 6b 20 74 68 65 20 | 77 61 79 0d 0a 74 68 65 |ink the |way..the|
|00002130| 79 20 65 76 61 6c 75 61 | 74 65 20 70 65 6f 70 6c |y evalua|te peopl|
|00002140| 65 20 61 6e 64 20 75 6e | 6c 65 61 72 6e 20 68 61 |e and un|learn ha|
|00002150| 62 69 74 73 20 74 68 61 | 74 20 63 61 6e 20 61 6c |bits tha|t can al|
|00002160| 69 65 6e 61 74 65 20 6f | 72 0d 0a 63 6f 6e 66 75 |ienate o|r..confu|
|00002170| 73 65 20 65 6d 70 6c 6f | 79 65 65 73 20 66 72 6f |se emplo|yees fro|
|00002180| 6d 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 | 65 6e 74 20 62 61 63 6b |m differ|ent back|
|00002190| 67 72 6f 75 6e 64 73 2e | 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 |grounds.|....    |
|000021a0| 41 20 6e 65 77 20 52 75 | 74 67 65 72 73 20 55 6e |A new Ru|tgers Un|
|000021b0| 69 76 65 72 73 69 74 79 | 20 73 74 75 64 79 20 6f |iversity| study o|
|000021c0| 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 75 | 6c 74 69 2d 63 75 6c 74 |f the mu|lti-cult|
|000021d0| 75 72 61 6c 20 6c 61 62 | 6f 72 0d 0a 66 6f 72 63 |ural lab|or..forc|
|000021e0| 65 20 69 64 65 6e 74 69 | 66 69 65 73 20 73 65 76 |e identi|fies sev|
|000021f0| 65 72 61 6c 20 73 6f 63 | 69 6f 6c 6f 67 69 63 61 |eral soc|iologica|
|00002200| 6c 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 | 6d 73 20 63 6f 6d 6d 6f |l proble|ms commo|
|00002210| 6e 6c 79 20 66 61 63 65 | 64 0d 0a 62 79 20 77 6f |nly face|d..by wo|
|00002220| 6d 65 6e 2c 20 6d 69 6e | 6f 72 69 74 69 65 73 20 |men, min|orities |
|00002230| 61 6e 64 20 69 6d 6d 69 | 67 72 61 6e 74 73 20 69 |and immi|grants i|
|00002240| 6e 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f | 72 6b 70 6c 61 63 65 2e |n the wo|rkplace.|
|00002250| 20 42 65 63 61 75 73 65 | 0d 0a 6d 61 6e 79 20 41 | Because|..many A|
|00002260| 73 69 61 6e 73 2c 20 66 | 6f 72 20 65 78 61 6d 70 |sians, f|or examp|
|00002270| 6c 65 2c 20 63 6f 6d 65 | 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 63 75 |le, come| from cu|
|00002280| 6c 74 75 72 65 73 20 74 | 68 61 74 20 70 6c 61 63 |ltures t|hat plac|
|00002290| 65 20 61 0d 0a 70 72 65 | 6d 69 75 6d 20 6f 6e 20 |e a..pre|mium on |
|000022a0| 68 75 6d 69 6c 69 74 79 | 2c 20 74 68 65 79 20 6f |humility|, they o|
|000022b0| 66 74 65 6e 20 68 61 76 | 65 20 74 72 6f 75 62 6c |ften hav|e troubl|
|000022c0| 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 65 74 | 69 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 |e compet|ing with|
|000022d0| 0d 0a 41 6d 65 72 69 63 | 61 6e 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 |..Americ|an worke|
|000022e0| 72 73 2e 20 57 68 69 6c | 65 20 41 73 69 61 6e 73 |rs. Whil|e Asians|
|000022f0| 20 76 69 65 77 20 70 65 | 72 73 6f 6e 61 6c 20 61 | view pe|rsonal a|
|00002300| 73 73 65 72 74 69 76 65 | 6e 65 73 73 20 61 73 0d |ssertive|ness as.|
|00002310| 0a 69 6d 70 6f 6c 69 74 | 65 2c 20 74 68 65 69 72 |.impolit|e, their|
|00002320| 20 77 68 69 74 65 20 6d | 61 6c 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 | white m|ale comp|
|00002330| 65 74 69 74 6f 72 73 20 | 73 65 65 20 69 74 20 61 |etitors |see it a|
|00002340| 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e 6f | 72 6d 61 6c 20 77 61 79 |s the no|rmal way|
|00002350| 0d 0a 6f 66 20 67 65 74 | 74 69 6e 67 20 61 68 65 |..of get|ting ahe|
|00002360| 61 64 20 61 6e 64 20 75 | 73 65 20 69 74 20 74 6f |ad and u|se it to|
|00002370| 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 61 | 64 76 61 6e 74 61 67 65 | their a|dvantage|
|00002380| 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 | 20 4d 65 61 6e 77 68 69 |.....   | Meanwhi|
|00002390| 6c 65 2c 20 61 63 63 6f | 72 64 69 6e 67 20 74 6f |le, acco|rding to|
|000023a0| 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 75 | 64 79 2c 20 41 66 72 69 | the stu|dy, Afri|
|000023b0| 63 61 6e 20 41 6d 65 72 | 69 63 61 6e 73 20 61 6e |can Amer|icans an|
|000023c0| 64 0d 0a 77 6f 6d 65 6e | 20 61 6c 69 6b 65 20 68 |d..women| alike h|
|000023d0| 61 76 65 20 73 75 66 66 | 65 72 65 64 20 66 72 6f |ave suff|ered fro|
|000023e0| 6d 20 74 68 65 20 22 69 | 6e 76 69 73 69 62 69 6c |m the "i|nvisibil|
|000023f0| 69 74 79 20 73 79 6e 64 | 72 6f 6d 65 22 3b 0d 0a |ity synd|rome";..|
|00002400| 77 68 69 74 65 20 6d 61 | 6c 65 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 |white ma|le manag|
|00002410| 65 72 73 20 63 6f 6d 6d | 6f 6e 6c 79 20 74 65 6e |ers comm|only ten|
|00002420| 64 20 74 6f 20 69 67 6e | 6f 72 65 20 74 68 65 6d |d to ign|ore them|
|00002430| 20 69 6e 20 6d 65 65 74 | 69 6e 67 73 0d 0a 61 6e | in meet|ings..an|
|00002440| 64 2c 20 63 6f 6e 73 65 | 71 75 65 6e 74 6c 79 2c |d, conse|quently,|
|00002450| 20 74 6f 20 6f 76 65 72 | 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 74 68 65 | to over|look the|
|00002460| 69 72 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 | 69 62 75 74 69 6f 6e 73 |ir contr|ibutions|
|00002470| 2e 20 42 6f 74 68 20 67 | 72 6f 75 70 73 0d 0a 68 |. Both g|roups..h|
|00002480| 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e | 20 68 61 6e 64 69 63 61 |ave been| handica|
|00002490| 70 70 65 64 20 62 79 20 | 74 68 65 20 74 65 6e 64 |pped by |the tend|
|000024a0| 65 6e 63 79 20 6f 66 20 | 73 75 70 65 72 76 69 73 |ency of |supervis|
|000024b0| 6f 72 73 20 74 6f 0d 0a | 75 6e 64 65 72 65 73 74 |ors to..|underest|
|000024c0| 69 6d 61 74 65 20 74 68 | 65 6d 2c 20 77 69 74 68 |imate th|em, with|
|000024d0| 68 6f 6c 64 69 6e 67 20 | 74 68 65 20 6d 65 74 74 |holding |the mett|
|000024e0| 6c 65 2d 74 65 73 74 69 | 6e 67 20 61 73 73 69 67 |le-testi|ng assig|
|000024f0| 6e 6d 65 6e 74 73 0d 0a | 74 68 61 74 20 63 61 6e |nments..|that can|
|00002500| 20 6c 65 61 64 20 74 6f | 20 61 64 76 61 6e 63 65 | lead to| advance|
|00002510| 6d 65 6e 74 2e 0d 0a 0d | 0a 20 20 20 20 44 69 66 |ment....|.    Dif|
|00002520| 66 69 63 75 6c 74 20 61 | 6e 64 20 73 6c 69 70 70 |ficult a|nd slipp|
|00002530| 65 72 79 20 61 73 20 73 | 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |ery as s|ome of t|
|00002540| 68 65 73 65 20 69 73 73 | 75 65 73 20 6d 61 79 20 |hese iss|ues may |
|00002550| 62 65 2c 0d 0a 63 6f 6d | 70 61 6e 69 65 73 20 6d |be,..com|panies m|
|00002560| 75 73 74 20 61 64 64 72 | 65 73 73 20 74 68 65 6d |ust addr|ess them|
|00002570| 2e 20 4f 74 68 65 72 77 | 69 73 65 20 74 68 65 79 |. Otherw|ise they|
|00002580| 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 66 61 | 69 6c 20 74 6f 20 66 75 | will fa|il to fu|
|00002590| 6c 66 69 6c 6c 0d 0a 61 | 20 76 69 74 61 6c 20 72 |lfill..a| vital r|
|000025a0| 65 73 70 6f 6e 73 69 62 | 69 6c 69 74 79 20 6f 66 |esponsib|ility of|
|000025b0| 20 61 6e 79 20 66 69 72 | 6d 3a 20 72 65 63 72 75 | any fir|m: recru|
|000025c0| 69 74 69 6e 67 20 61 6e | 64 20 6e 75 72 74 75 72 |iting an|d nurtur|
|000025d0| 69 6e 67 0d 0a 73 74 72 | 6f 6e 67 20 66 75 74 75 |ing..str|ong futu|
|000025e0| 72 65 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 | 65 72 73 2e 20 4c 65 61 |re manag|ers. Lea|
|000025f0| 72 6e 69 6e 67 20 68 6f | 77 20 74 6f 20 6c 65 61 |rning ho|w to lea|
|00002600| 64 20 61 20 64 69 76 65 | 72 73 65 20 77 6f 72 6b |d a dive|rse work|
|00002610| 0d 0a 66 6f 72 63 65 20 | 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 6d |..force |may be m|
|00002620| 61 64 64 65 6e 69 6e 67 | 6c 79 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c |addening|ly compl|
|00002630| 69 63 61 74 65 64 2e 20 | 42 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 |icated. |But the |
|00002640| 61 6c 74 65 72 6e 61 74 | 69 76 65 2c 0d 0a 6d 61 |alternat|ive,..ma|
|00002650| 6e 61 67 65 6d 65 6e 74 | 20 65 78 70 65 72 74 73 |nagement| experts|
|00002660| 20 70 72 65 64 69 63 74 | 2c 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 | predict|, may be|
|00002670| 20 61 6c 69 65 6e 61 74 | 65 64 20 65 6d 70 6c 6f | alienat|ed emplo|
|00002680| 79 65 65 73 20 77 6f 72 | 6b 69 6e 67 0d 0a 61 74 |yees wor|king..at|
|00002690| 20 63 72 6f 73 73 20 70 | 75 72 70 6f 73 65 73 2e | cross p|urposes.|
|000026a0| 20 41 74 20 44 75 20 50 | 6f 6e 74 2c 20 61 6e 20 | At Du P|ont, an |
|000026b0| 65 78 68 61 75 73 74 69 | 76 65 20 73 65 72 69 65 |exhausti|ve serie|
|000026c0| 73 20 6f 66 20 6e 65 77 | 0d 0a 74 72 61 69 6e 69 |s of new|..traini|
|000026d0| 6e 67 20 63 6f 75 72 73 | 65 73 20 68 65 6c 70 73 |ng cours|es helps|
|000026e0| 20 65 6d 70 6c 6f 79 65 | 65 73 20 65 78 70 6c 6f | employe|es explo|
|000026f0| 72 65 20 73 65 6e 73 69 | 74 69 76 65 20 69 73 73 |re sensi|tive iss|
|00002700| 75 65 73 0d 0a 64 69 76 | 69 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |ues..div|iding th|
|00002710| 65 20 73 65 78 65 73 20 | 61 6e 64 20 72 61 63 65 |e sexes |and race|
|00002720| 73 2e 20 49 6e 20 61 20 | 74 68 72 65 65 2d 64 61 |s. In a |three-da|
|00002730| 79 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 | 6d 2c 20 6d 65 6e 20 61 |y progra|m, men a|
|00002740| 6e 64 0d 0a 77 6f 6d 65 | 6e 20 68 61 73 68 20 6f |nd..wome|n hash o|
|00002750| 75 74 20 74 68 65 69 72 | 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 |ut their| differe|
|00002760| 6e 63 65 73 20 69 6e 20 | 61 6e 20 65 6e 63 6f 75 |nces in |an encou|
|00002770| 6e 74 65 72 2d 73 74 79 | 6c 65 20 73 65 74 74 69 |nter-sty|le setti|
|00002780| 6e 67 2e 0d 0a 41 6e 6f | 74 68 65 72 20 73 65 6d |ng...Ano|ther sem|
|00002790| 69 6e 61 72 20 65 78 70 | 6c 6f 72 65 73 20 61 20 |inar exp|lores a |
|000027a0| 74 6f 70 69 63 20 74 68 | 61 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 |topic th|at only |
|000027b0| 72 65 63 65 6e 74 6c 79 | 20 68 61 73 20 67 61 69 |recently| has gai|
|000027c0| 6e 65 64 0d 0a 62 6f 61 | 72 64 72 6f 6f 6d 20 72 |ned..boa|rdroom r|
|000027d0| 65 73 70 65 63 74 61 62 | 69 6c 69 74 79 3a 20 68 |espectab|ility: h|
|000027e0| 6f 77 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 | 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 61 74 |ow manag|ement at|
|000027f0| 74 69 74 75 64 65 73 20 | 61 66 66 65 63 74 0d 0a |titudes |affect..|
|00002800| 65 6d 70 6c 6f 79 65 65 | 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d |employee| perform|
|00002810| 61 6e 63 65 2e 0d 0a 0d | 0a 20 20 20 20 41 74 20 |ance....|.    At |
|00002820| 61 20 74 69 6d 65 20 77 | 68 65 6e 20 63 6f 72 70 |a time w|hen corp|
|00002830| 6f 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 | 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 |orations| increas|
|00002840| 69 6e 67 6c 79 20 65 78 | 70 65 63 74 20 65 6d 70 |ingly ex|pect emp|
|00002850| 6c 6f 79 65 65 73 0d 0a | 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 |loyees..|to work |
|00002860| 77 69 74 68 20 6d 69 6e | 69 6d 61 6c 20 73 75 70 |with min|imal sup|
|00002870| 65 72 76 69 73 69 6f 6e | 20 61 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 |ervision| and to |
|00002880| 73 68 6f 77 20 6d 6f 72 | 65 20 69 6e 69 74 69 61 |show mor|e initia|
|00002890| 74 69 76 65 2c 0d 0a 63 | 6f 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 |tive,..c|ooperati|
|000028a0| 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 66 | 72 65 73 68 20 61 70 70 |on and f|resh app|
|000028b0| 72 6f 61 63 68 65 73 20 | 61 72 65 20 65 73 73 65 |roaches |are esse|
|000028c0| 6e 74 69 61 6c 2e 20 49 | 6e 73 74 65 61 64 20 6f |ntial. I|nstead o|
|000028d0| 66 0d 0a 76 69 65 77 69 | 6e 67 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 |f..viewi|ng worke|
|000028e0| 72 73 20 6f 66 20 61 20 | 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e |rs of a |differen|
|000028f0| 74 20 73 65 78 20 61 6e | 64 20 6f 66 20 76 61 72 |t sex an|d of var|
|00002900| 69 65 64 20 63 75 6c 74 | 75 72 61 6c 0d 0a 62 61 |ied cult|ural..ba|
|00002910| 63 6b 67 72 6f 75 6e 64 | 73 20 61 73 20 61 6e 20 |ckground|s as an |
|00002920| 75 6e 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 | 61 62 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 |unmanage|able and|
|00002930| 20 69 6d 70 65 72 66 65 | 63 74 20 6c 6f 74 2c 20 | imperfe|ct lot, |
|00002940| 73 6f 6d 65 20 74 6f 70 | 0d 0a 65 78 65 63 75 74 |some top|..execut|
|00002950| 69 76 65 73 20 73 65 65 | 20 74 68 65 6d 20 61 73 |ives see| them as|
|00002960| 20 61 20 6e 65 77 20 61 | 6e 64 20 66 6c 65 78 69 | a new a|nd flexi|
|00002970| 62 6c 65 20 72 65 73 6f | 75 72 63 65 2e 20 53 61 |ble reso|urce. Sa|
|00002980| 79 73 0d 0a 43 6f 6c 67 | 61 74 65 2d 50 61 6c 6d |ys..Colg|ate-Palm|
|00002990| 6f 6c 69 76 65 27 73 20 | 4d 61 72 6b 3a 20 22 57 |olive's |Mark: "W|
|000029a0| 65 20 64 6f 20 62 75 73 | 69 6e 65 73 73 20 69 6e |e do bus|iness in|
|000029b0| 20 36 30 20 63 6f 75 6e | 74 72 69 65 73 2e 20 57 | 60 coun|tries. W|
|000029c0| 65 0d 0a 61 72 65 20 61 | 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 63 75 |e..are a| multicu|
|000029d0| 6c 74 75 72 61 6c 20 63 | 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 2c 20 |ltural c|ompany, |
|000029e0| 73 6f 20 77 65 20 73 68 | 6f 75 6c 64 20 68 61 76 |so we sh|ould hav|
|000029f0| 65 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 63 | 75 6c 74 75 72 61 6c 0d |e multic|ultural.|
|00002a00| 0a 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 | 73 2e 22 20 45 6e 63 6f |.manager|s." Enco|
|00002a10| 75 72 61 67 69 6e 67 20 | 64 69 76 65 72 73 69 74 |uraging |diversit|
|00002a20| 79 2c 20 61 66 74 65 72 | 20 61 6c 6c 2c 20 69 73 |y, after| all, is|
|00002a30| 20 6e 6f 74 20 6a 75 73 | 74 20 61 6e 0d 0a 61 63 | not jus|t an..ac|
|00002a40| 63 6f 6d 6d 6f 64 61 74 | 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 74 |commodat|ion to t|
|00002a50| 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 72 | 65 61 6c 69 74 69 65 73 |he new r|ealities|
|00002a60| 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 | 55 2e 53 2e 20 6c 61 62 | of the |U.S. lab|
|00002a70| 6f 72 20 66 6f 72 63 65 | 2e 20 49 74 0d 0a 63 61 |or force|. It..ca|
|00002a80| 6e 20 62 65 20 61 6e 6f | 74 68 65 72 20 77 61 79 |n be ano|ther way|
|00002a90| 20 6f 66 20 65 6e 73 75 | 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 | of ensu|ring tha|
|00002aa0| 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 72 | 73 20 63 61 6e 20 63 6f |t worker|s can co|
|00002ab0| 6e 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 | 20 74 68 65 69 72 0d 0a |ntribute| their..|
|00002ac0| 62 65 73 74 20 69 64 65 | 61 73 20 61 6e 64 20 65 |best ide|as and e|
|00002ad0| 66 66 6f 72 74 73 20 69 | 6e 20 61 6e 20 69 6e 74 |fforts i|n an int|
|00002ae0| 65 6e 73 65 6c 79 20 63 | 6f 6d 70 65 74 69 74 69 |ensely c|ompetiti|
|00002af0| 76 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 | 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c |ve inter|national|
|00002b00| 0d 0a 61 72 65 6e 61 2e | 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 5f 5f |..arena.|......__|
|00002b10| 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f | 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________|________|
|00002b20| 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f | 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________|________|
|00002b30| 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f | 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________|________|
|00002b40| 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f | 5f 5f 0d 0a 44 6f 6e 27 |________|__..Don'|
|00002b50| 74 20 42 6c 61 6d 65 20 | 74 68 65 20 42 61 62 79 |t Blame |the Baby|
|00002b60| 21 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 | 20 20 20 57 6f 6d 65 6e |!...... |   Women|
|00002b70| 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 69 | 76 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 | executi|ves are |
|00002b80| 6d 6f 72 65 20 6d 6f 62 | 69 6c 65 20 74 68 61 6e |more mob|ile than|
|00002b90| 20 6d 65 6e 2e 20 54 68 | 65 20 6d 65 64 69 61 6e | men. Th|e median|
|00002ba0| 20 6a 6f 62 0d 0a 74 65 | 6e 75 72 65 20 66 6f 72 | job..te|nure for|
|00002bb0| 20 61 20 66 65 6d 61 6c | 65 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 | a femal|e manage|
|00002bc0| 72 20 69 73 20 66 69 76 | 65 20 79 65 61 72 73 2c |r is fiv|e years,|
|00002bd0| 20 69 6e 20 63 6f 6e 74 | 72 61 73 74 20 74 6f 20 | in cont|rast to |
|00002be0| 61 0d 0a 6d 61 6e 27 73 | 20 73 65 76 65 6e 2c 20 |a..man's| seven, |
|00002bf0| 61 63 63 6f 72 64 69 6e | 67 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |accordin|g to the|
|00002c00| 20 42 75 72 65 61 75 20 | 6f 66 20 4c 61 62 6f 72 | Bureau |of Labor|
|00002c10| 20 53 74 61 74 69 73 74 | 69 63 73 2e 0d 0a 43 6f | Statist|ics...Co|
|00002c20| 6e 74 72 61 72 79 20 74 | 6f 20 70 6f 70 75 6c 61 |ntrary t|o popula|
|00002c30| 72 20 61 73 73 75 6d 70 | 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 6d 6f |r assump|tion, mo|
|00002c40| 73 74 20 77 6f 6d 65 6e | 20 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 |st women| do not |
|00002c50| 71 75 69 74 20 74 6f 20 | 74 65 6e 64 0d 0a 74 68 |quit to |tend..th|
|00002c60| 65 20 68 65 61 72 74 68 | 2e 20 49 6e 20 61 20 73 |e hearth|. In a s|
|00002c70| 75 72 76 65 79 20 63 61 | 6c 6c 65 64 20 22 44 6f |urvey ca|lled "Do|
|00002c80| 6e 27 74 20 42 6c 61 6d | 65 20 74 68 65 20 42 61 |n't Blam|e the Ba|
|00002c90| 62 79 2c 22 20 57 69 63 | 6b 20 61 6e 64 0d 0a 43 |by," Wic|k and..C|
|00002ca0| 6f 2e 2c 20 61 20 63 6f | 6e 73 75 6c 74 69 6e 67 |o., a co|nsulting|
|00002cb0| 20 66 69 72 6d 2c 20 66 | 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 61 | firm, f|ound tha|
|00002cc0| 74 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 6d | 65 6e 2c 20 6d 6f 73 74 |t like m|en, most|
|00002cd0| 20 77 6f 6d 65 6e 20 6d | 6f 76 65 20 6f 6e 0d 0a | women m|ove on..|
|00002ce0| 74 6f 20 61 64 76 61 6e | 63 65 20 74 68 65 69 72 |to advan|ce their|
|00002cf0| 20 63 61 72 65 65 72 73 | 2e 20 4f 6e 6c 79 20 37 | careers|. Only 7|
|00002d00| 25 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | 20 73 75 72 76 65 79 65 |% of the| surveye|
|00002d10| 64 20 77 6f 6d 65 6e 20 | 6c 65 66 74 0d 0a 74 68 |d women |left..th|
|00002d20| 65 69 72 20 6a 6f 62 73 | 20 74 6f 20 73 74 61 79 |eir jobs| to stay|
|00002d30| 20 61 74 20 68 6f 6d 65 | 2e 20 4d 61 6e 79 20 71 | at home|. Many q|
|00002d40| 75 69 74 20 74 6f 20 73 | 65 74 20 75 70 20 74 68 |uit to s|et up th|
|00002d50| 65 69 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 | 66 69 72 6d 73 3b 0d 0a |eir own |firms;..|
|00002d60| 77 6f 6d 65 6e 20 6f 77 | 6e 65 64 20 6d 6f 72 65 |women ow|ned more|
|00002d70| 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 77 | 69 63 65 20 61 73 20 6d | than tw|ice as m|
|00002d80| 61 6e 79 20 63 6f 6d 70 | 61 6e 69 65 73 20 69 6e |any comp|anies in|
|00002d90| 20 31 39 38 37 20 61 73 | 20 74 68 65 79 0d 0a 64 | 1987 as| they..d|
|00002da0| 69 64 20 31 30 20 79 65 | 61 72 73 20 65 61 72 6c |id 10 ye|ars earl|
|00002db0| 69 65 72 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a | 1a 0d 0a 0d 0a          |ier.....|.....   |
+--------+-------------------------+-------------------------+--------+--------+