Use secondary sources to write a report about female leaders in business.
2020 Women on Boards is an organization dedicated to raising the percentage of women on corporate boards to at least 20% by the year 2020. As part of the organization's work, imagine that it wants to include case studies of female leaders and wants your help in writing these reports. The reports will be publicly accessible on its website. Identify three women who are presidents or CEOs of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Provide information on their backgrounds. Did they make it to the top by rising through the ranks, by starting the firm, by taking over from a family member, or by following some other path?
Analyze the effectiveness of these three individuals. How profitable are the firms they head in relation to others in the industry? Are their firms more or less profitable now than when they assumed the top job? Finally, try to uncover data regarding their management styles-how they see their role, how they relate to their employees, what problems they've experienced, and so on.
From your study of these three individuals, are there any valid conclusions you can draw? Write a report objectively presenting and analyzing the information you've gathered.