Blog post #4: The Rise of Females in the Director’s Chairs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24425340

Generally speaking, high-positions within a company or firm has been held by males in the long-run of tradition of how males back then had higher levels of education and social prestige. However, at the turn of the century, we see a turn of tables of who is sitting in the top-dog chair. According to the article, BBC reports that females now occupy almost 20% of high-ranking positions in companies on the FTSE of the London stock exchange. This trend highlights the growing equalization of social statuses between genders through the admittance of competency of females being able to lead a company. With this, comes with broader qualifications and ideas that will benefit the business because a large range of jobs are now more open to people, instead of previously open to a select few. in other words, this is not only a step towards gender equality in the workforce previously dominated by males, it may also change a company’s value propositions due to new perspectives being introduced.