Melissa Greenwell, Author, Money On The Table

During most of my nearly thirty years in corporate America, working with public and private companies of all sizes and industries, I’ve held a senior leadership role – had a “seat at the table,” surrounded almost exclusively by men.  This is not surprising.  Only twenty-three Fortune 500 companies are led by women, only nineteen percent of public board seats are held by women, and only fifteen percent of senior leadership roles are held by women.  We’re barely moving the needle; we need to actively build and keep our pipeline of female talent.