Comments on: Women In Executive Positions - Why You Need Them… http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/ Learn from a young CEO as he builds his company - What it takes to build a $100 Million Business... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:22:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Daniel http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-280 Daniel Tue, 13 May 2008 10:49:14 +0000 http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-280 I agree with Tony, but in the end it all comes down to who fits into the current team and got the qualities/experience to fill the spot you need filled. I agree with Tony, but in the end it all comes down to who fits into the current team and got the qualities/experience to fill the spot you need filled.

]]> By: Tony http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-276 Tony Mon, 12 May 2008 23:32:48 +0000 http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-276 Women are better workers overall than men. I have a some staff and the women at one point outnumbered the men 2:1. From all the qualified candidate and the overall work productivity, it ended up that way. It was working for a while, until they got catty with one another. Go figure. Currently, its more 50% now 1:1, which I agree is a much better balance. No more drama. As for Executive positions, I feel that its good to bring some gender balance to the mix. You get a well rounded team of management IMHO. - Tony PS. and NO I too don't hire just for looks. Three reasons why NOT: 1. Waste of Training - Need someone who can learn and pickup ideas 2. Waste of Time - Both a distraction for females and males in the office 3. Waste of Money - combine #1 and $2 can leak your bottomline Women are better workers overall than men. I have a some staff and the women at one point outnumbered the men 2:1. From all the qualified candidate and the overall work productivity, it ended up that way. It was working for a while, until they got catty with one another. Go figure. Currently, its more 50% now 1:1, which I agree is a much better balance. No more drama.

As for Executive positions, I feel that its good to bring some gender balance to the mix. You get a well rounded team of management IMHO.

- Tony

PS. and NO I too don’t hire just for looks. Three reasons why NOT:

1. Waste of Training - Need someone who can learn and pickup ideas
2. Waste of Time - Both a distraction for females and males in the office
3. Waste of Money - combine #1 and $2 can leak your bottomline

]]> By: Daniel http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-274 Daniel Sat, 10 May 2008 22:08:41 +0000 http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-274 Now i only need to change my gender and get some sale experience roflmao. Launching a blog-project within a month or 2. It isn't scheduled tight right now because of the low start capital we got. My team right now is me and 2 more males and a female. Since it's blog-based I've put them on the team because of how they write and what their expertise is. The female is a walking dictionary, when she chat with me i always have to say "keep it simple" or she'll use a bunch of english words i have no clue of what means hehe. Also she's crazy at researching and writing reports. One of my guys are a pc/network security professional and as a bonus have programming experience with a bunch of web-based programming languages. Well just to take a real life example how i do it. Can't wait to put this baby to the test on the www. I agree with you. I talked with a women a month ago who got promoted from being out on the field as a salesperson to a managing desk-position. She was kind of upset about her "promotion". She said to me "i went from a professional in the field to an overpaid good looking deskdoll". Basically she got promoted based on her looks and gender instead of her intelligence. I don't know about you but I'd never do such a thing. Cheers, Daniel. Now i only need to change my gender and get some sale experience roflmao.

Launching a blog-project within a month or 2. It isn’t scheduled tight right now because of the low start capital we got.

My team right now is me and 2 more males and a female.

Since it’s blog-based I’ve put them on the team because of how they write and what their expertise is.

The female is a walking dictionary, when she chat with me i always have to say “keep it simple” or she’ll use a bunch of english words i have no clue of what means hehe.

Also she’s crazy at researching and writing reports.

One of my guys are a pc/network security professional and as a bonus have programming experience with a bunch of web-based programming languages.

Well just to take a real life example how i do it.

Can’t wait to put this baby to the test on the http://www.

I agree with you.
I talked with a women a month ago who got promoted from being out on the field as a salesperson to a managing desk-position.

She was kind of upset about her “promotion”.

She said to me “i went from a professional in the field to an overpaid good looking deskdoll”.

Basically she got promoted based on her looks and gender instead of her intelligence. I don’t know about you but I’d never do such a thing.

Cheers,
Daniel.

]]> By: Mystery CEO http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-273 Mystery CEO Sat, 10 May 2008 18:51:27 +0000 http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-273 Yeap, I agree - I was only joking when I said "the next must be of the opposite sex..." BUT, you should put some emphasis on it and think about who belongs where and if you can find an equally qualified person that DOES diversify your team - it may be good to take that option. An example is that we need to hire a sales person soon - a real "go getter." As I said, our industry is "male driven" so we're thinking that hiring a male sales person MAY do better here just because that's what everyone is used to. BUT, if I end up finding a woman sales person who has experience in this industry and is qualified - who cares, the job is hers :) Yeap, I agree - I was only joking when I said “the next must be of the opposite sex…”

BUT, you should put some emphasis on it and think about who belongs where and if you can find an equally qualified person that DOES diversify your team - it may be good to take that option.

An example is that we need to hire a sales person soon - a real “go getter.”

As I said, our industry is “male driven” so we’re thinking that hiring a male sales person MAY do better here just because that’s what everyone is used to.

BUT, if I end up finding a woman sales person who has experience in this industry and is qualified - who cares, the job is hers :)

]]> By: Daniel http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-272 Daniel Sat, 10 May 2008 18:13:56 +0000 http://www.mysteryceo.com/building-a-company/women-in-executive-positions-why-you-need-them/#comment-272 Read an article about women and jobs the other day, you might not realize it but men loosing their jobs have gone UP while women getting jobs have gone UP. Wish i could give link but I'm on more news sites a day than i care to search for a link. Anyways funny you should mention it when i read about it yesterday :) I do believe at some point about men and women being different. But on the other side i believe we're more alike than we really wish to agree to. All in all I'd say it's not really correct to say if you only got females or males on your team that the next should be of the opposite sex. When it all comes down to it, the best addition to a team would be a person with the qualities you where looking for in the first place. Be it male or female. Well thats my 5 cents :) Read an article about women and jobs the other day, you might not realize it but men loosing their jobs have gone UP while women getting jobs have gone UP.

Wish i could give link but I’m on more news sites a day than i care to search for a link.

Anyways funny you should mention it when i read about it yesterday :)

I do believe at some point about men and women being different.
But on the other side i believe we’re more alike than we really wish to agree to.

All in all I’d say it’s not really correct to say if you only got females or males on your team that the next should be of the opposite sex.

When it all comes down to it, the best addition to a team would be a person with the qualities you where looking for in the first place. Be it male or female.

Well thats my 5 cents :)

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