Ledger-Enquirer from Columbus, Georgia (2024)

May 4, 1998

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Ledger-Enquireri

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Columbus, Georgia

Issue Date:

Monday, May 4, 1998

Page:

28

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Ledger Enquirer Monday May 41998 CAROL KLEIMAN STOCKS INTEREST Our cancer policy Produced by Media General inancial Services Inc Richmond VA 23219 Thomas McDaniel Andrea Thomas Linda Bolt have The two groups seem far apart on the subject of the glass ceiling even though necessary to know what each other thinks if the barriers to women are to come down! Obviously time to start listening to each other 1 stock market short sellers pos ing online as employees of a company have put out informa tion to affect stock prices That kind of problem must be ad dressed quickly Alexander said and sometimes the next day is too late When a company replies Al exander said it should avoid being sucked into arguments it win especially about such hot button issues as abor tion or gun control One good thing about the proliferation of anti company Web sites is there are so many of Carol Kleiman writes for the Chicago Tribune Expert Quality Aircraft Maintenance first quarter six months nine months fiscal year them according to Alexander is so much noise hard to hear the he says "The more boycott sites you have the more it diffuses the Alexander said the search engine Yahoo has so many anti company sites been grouped under Opin start to get the good and the bad and you have time to get into the Alexan der said impression is less damaging than if there was one really good New York Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange Over the Counter not applicable negative earnings cannot be calculated irm serves as online watchdog for companies 1 DOLL and Jet A fuel available on site! eWatch monitors the groups Web sites and rooms for publicly traded panics I Smart companies will employee policies that cover online communications Alexan der said or some companies that means they monitor women say their main obstacles are male stereotyping of them and preconceptions about their ability to manage Only 25 percent of the CEOs agree Sixty four percent of the CEOs say women been the long enough to qualify for advancement Only 29 percent of the women agree humphries mindsprinqcom LaGrange CallawaylKirport LaGrange GA 888 285 3025 HUMPHRIES Jggfcg John Gray author of Are rom Mars Women Are rom clearly states that women and men are planets apart when it comes to communicating with one another And Deborah Tannen author of Women: Talking asserts just as effectively that humans know how to talk to the opposite gender Even though you may think getting through both writers emphasize you still may be solar systems away from really being heard Assuming this is true and sure it is when you apply the concept of a universal communications gap to the world of work you may find an answer to a familiar question: Why do largest companies have so few female CEOs? Only 2 percent of CEOs are women even though women are almost half of corporation managers Could it partly be due to the miscommunication Gray and Tannen suggest? The answer may be yes and why: A recent national survey reveals a and profound between what female executives and male CEOs say about the notorious glass ceiling The survey of 325 male CEOs and 461 female executives (the latter vice presidents and above but not CEOs) of the top 1000 companies was conducted by Belle Rose Ragins associate professor of management at Marquette University in Milwaukee and Bickley Townsend and Mary Mattis executives of Catalyst a nonprofit research and consulting firm in New York The study published in the Academy of Management Executive concludes that CEOs no way of understanding the corporate environment faced by their female employees or change to occur CEOs must have a clear understanding of the subtle and overt barriers women face in their Unfortunately it look as though they do although women have been talking for years about what they believe keeps them back And it look as though women understand going through the minds of CEOs either even though they have been equally outspoken Some findings of the study: Eighty two percent of the CEOs say a glass ceiling because women lack experience in management or line jobs Only 47 percent of the women agree ifty two percent of the lnight Ridder Tribune News Service There are 40 million Internet users and hard for compa nies to keep an eye on all of them So they hire folks like those at eWatch in White Plains NY to do it for them James Alexander director of user chat com Liberty National fb Life Insurance Company 6400 Main Street Suite 100 (just past Country's Bar Que on Weems Rd) 322 2033 Cancer can cost a lot The cost of cancer be measured in dollars and cents Not when your family is the one afflicted by it why Liberty cancer coverage is such a bargain Because what it protects is priceless Genders communicating through corporate glass ceiling ACR Group Inc 219 210 28 27 416 34 167 160 14 107 HC 0 1 07 1 S6 ALACInc 6631 96 6 297 6725 1651 1684 126 416 524 27 7 118 159 AmSouthBancorp 4163 25 41 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Will it jeopardize safety or cause some financial h'arm? If a company decides it mustct on the information it should do so quickly Alexander said There have been instances when a I i wit L6cA a i Each day everyday all the hews delivered right to your doorstep Iedger Ehquirer 4 MWKMdbli wwwsynovuscbmcbt Equal Opportunity Lender Member DIC and the ability to make smart business decisions and choosing the right banking partner is just one of them If you have your own business or you're planning to start one you need a business banker that will work for you You need rv 4 BUSINESS BANKING SERVICES not saying their growth and success are exclusively attributed to their banking with us Just because we offer an array of products and services designed to benefit just about I any business mean the business is going to make it a combination of things A vision A relentless pursuit of that vision eresting ming is small businesses who bank with us stay small for long Columbus BwKANDlkisr We Work or You Ifiy yWgJW "jSW Hiinu UH Ik 's'w iwVuX'Mftfc' WffiA 3k i 1 Mr 4 I fir JS 1 Cancer can cost a lot The interesting thing is a lot of small businesses who bank with us stay small for long.

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