Women leaders often face an uphill battle to be taken seriously and rise to the top of their professions in a world characterized by male leadership. Once women enter midlife-often a time when both men and women begin taking on more serious leadership roles (think senior or executive-level positions)-that hill can feel even steeper if they find their work interrupted by sudden sweating, visible redness, or a struggle to find the right word in an important meeting.
Women remain markedly underrepresented in executive positions across Germany, with only 29.1% of leadership roles held by women in 2024, according to figures published by the Federal Statistical Office. About 1.32 million men and 540,000 women occupied management positions in 2024, leaving Germany well below the EU average of 35.2% leadership roles filled by women. Sweden led the bloc with 44.4% female representation, followed by Latvia (43.4%) and Poland (41.8%).
Bet on Winners: Dimon helps people who've earned his respect and trust, whether it's hiring people like Miller at multiple companies or advising Duckett during her inaugural year as CEO of TIAA. That instinct isn't limited to women: Wells Fargo's Charlie Scharf comes to mind. Dimon says he's guided by performance, not gender or loyalty. To do otherwise, in his view, is a disservice to the team.
Meng Wanzhou (Sabrina Meng), Deputy Chairwoman, Rotating Chairwoman, CFO, Huawei Meng Wanzhou, daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, is chipmaker Huawei's CFO and, alongside deputy chair Eric Xu, one of its rotating chairs. Meng is now back in the chair's role in a six-month term that expires in March. Huawei is now part of China's chip plans. Nvidia considers Huawei a "strategic competitor." Huawei reported $118 billion in revenue for 2024, close to its 2020 record.
Few of the episodes-at least, of the eight that critics received in advance-are actually concerned with, or even set in, the eponymous breakfast news program. There are still a few big on-air moments, like the show's breaking news coverage of a potential plane crash, but for the most part The Morning Show has moved on from the behind-the-scenes politics of morning TV and the drama between its artificially sunny personalities.
When I started my yachting career more than 30 years ago, I'd never seen a woman captain. Women worked on ships, but they were few and far between in the world of yachts, and I'd never seen one at the helm.
My personal and family encounters with our healthcare system, clinical practice during the height of the AIDS epidemic, and seeing the value of partnerships with patients as lived experience experts, have been my greatest influences.
Maria Pernia-Digings, a senior easyJet pilot, faces gender bias in aviation as only 6.5% of UK pilots are women, showcasing the industry's gender inequality.