Catalyst In the News

“Women take their place on corporate boards,” International Herald Tribune, March 21, 2008
By Sharon Reier

Catalyst Europe’s General Manager Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden is quoted in this article about Norwegian companies complying with a new law requiring boards to be 40 percent female.

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“Fewer companies’ boards in Houston include women,” Houston Chronicle, March 18, 2008
By L.M. Sixel

In a look at women’s underrepresentation on this city's corporate boards, Catalyst Vice President Deborah M. Soon argues that women face barriers that men don’t.

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“Who are we kidding? Business is blokesland,” The Australian Age, March 18, 2008
By Ruth Williams

Catalyst research showing a positive correlation between women directors and financial performance is cited in this article about Australian women's slow progress in the workplace.

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“Few Women Climbing to the Top,” Few Women Climbing to the Top, March 17, 2008
By Kristen B. Frasch

Barriers to women’s advancement lie behind a new study’s finding that women lose interest in top jobs as they age, says Catalyst Director Julie Nugent.

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“Senior positions rare air for women in business: Business leaders encouraged to further women’s ambitions,” The Vancouver Sun, March 14, 2008
By Fiona Anderson

A news story questions why there aren’t more women among the Canadian business elite and turns to Catalyst Canada Executive Director Deborah Gillis for answers.

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“Law Firms Opening Up to the Idea of Attorney Re-Entry,” New York Law Journal , March 7, 2008
By Wendy Davis

Catalyst Senior Director Brande Stellings, who heads the women’s committee of the New York City Bar, is quoted in this look at women returning to legal jobs after many years off.

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“The greatest neglected resource in business,” The Financial Times, February 28, 2008
By Richard Donkin

The author uses a personal experience with a car salesman, a new book—and Catalyst research—to make the case for more women in senior leadership.

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“Diversifying the work force,” The Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2008

Catalyst data buttresses this article’s thesis that progress in pay and advancement for women and minorities in the nation’s largest corporations has stalled or regressed.

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“The female style - modeled by a man,” The Boston Globe, February 22, 2008
By Ellen Goodman

The syndicated columnist quotes Catalyst President Ilene H. Lang in arguing that women and men are both more likely to accept a collaborative leadership style from a man than a woman.

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