2011 Women at the Top® Study Reveals Progress for Women in Banking
Each year my company conducts our signature Women at the Top® Study. This year our efforts focused on women in banking and it was exciting to note that there has been some progress. Women held just one in five senior-level positions in the nation’s 50 largest banks, but more of them have reached the C-suite, according to our latest Women at the Top® study.
This year’s study included a broader number of positions – 940 – than in years past, but overall the results remained the same: 17.6 percent of women hold management jobs at big U.S. banks, compared with 17.4 percent in 2010 when just 540 positions were evaluated.
However, broadening the range of the study also yielded a noticeable finding: there were 40 women in top jobs. The results showed more women in senior management jobs – including three CEOs, an improvement from none in 2010, and nine CFOs, up from four last year. The number of women in other chief positions at the big banks – ranging in size from $12 billion to nearly $1.8 trillion – increased too.
To learn more about this study, you can read the press release here or you can access the executive summary here.
Regardless of what industry you work in, I hope you are seeing progress too. I'd like to know either way. Share your comments here.
This year’s study included a broader number of positions – 940 – than in years past, but overall the results remained the same: 17.6 percent of women hold management jobs at big U.S. banks, compared with 17.4 percent in 2010 when just 540 positions were evaluated.
However, broadening the range of the study also yielded a noticeable finding: there were 40 women in top jobs. The results showed more women in senior management jobs – including three CEOs, an improvement from none in 2010, and nine CFOs, up from four last year. The number of women in other chief positions at the big banks – ranging in size from $12 billion to nearly $1.8 trillion – increased too.
To learn more about this study, you can read the press release here or you can access the executive summary here.
Regardless of what industry you work in, I hope you are seeing progress too. I'd like to know either way. Share your comments here.
Posted by Regina Barr at 10/28/2011 3:45 PM 
Categories: Career Advancement
Tags: women at the top women in leadership top women leaders Women in Banking Bank Women
Categories: Career Advancement
Tags: women at the top women in leadership top women leaders Women in Banking Bank Women
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