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That's because when it comes to a few women who actually make up, there is one amazing structure that they all share.
“The only adjustment that they can get of women in C Suite, the location of the CEO, is that they all played the game – or many played the game,” France's Melinda Gates recently explained at a women's sports conference presented by Elf Beauty.
“And the theory is (we don't know why that is) they didn't think of failure,” a 60 -year -old member of the philanthropy and the ex -wife of Bill Gates added.
“You come from the boundaries to play football, you go back. You lose a tennis match sometimes.
The story of tennis, Billie Jean King, who was also on the panel, emphasized that girls who play sports continue to be more confident, more confident and better in math and science-even if they just play to participate, not win.
“That's why I want girls in sports,” she added. “It is not necessary to be better.”
“In fact, did you hear the news of Sally Ride, the first American woman?
Just a few years after walking away from his dream of going to tennis, he discovered NASA's first AD of 1977: the first to call female astronauts.
“He was a physics expert, he was brilliant, he was always in the classroom,” King recalled. “So he registered to be a star woman, and in fact, he took it to be the first American woman.”
“But he told me why he took it because he was funny. He said,” I got better, I understood the best male community, because I was in sports and knew their language. I know that's why I chose first, because I had games in my life, “and so I am an example of what games it can do for you as a person.”
University jocks – not the nerves —they decided to have the most successful jobs
Gates, king, and ride do not think. Jocks really turn out to be more successful. Alumni's great study of the American Ivy League has shown that those who had been used by sports – not books – while their youth continue to land higher positions and higher wages than their “Nerdy” counterparts
Despite the many years of age that jocks peak in high school, at the same Luck 500 CEO– Athletic students are more likely to land and then a corporate gig.
And that's especially true for women. Add doors, research from EY It shows that almost all women in C-Suite (amazing 94%) are former athletes.
It's not a coincidence: the leadership characteristics planted in the playground, are the ones needed in the bedroom.
The CEO told earlier Luck that playing games grows taught them confidence, collective work, disciplineAnd more. Meanwhile, according to McKinseyThe need for time management, confidence, and thought of learning is a good skill in C-Suite and in sports.
“The best leaders today have made a general change in their thinking, which is very similar to how elite athletes prepare, train, and compete,” he wrote McKinsey partners Bob Sternfels and Daniel Pacthod. “In a number of ways, the two functions – CEO and athlete – are closely related.”
CEO and Sports: From Andy Jassy to Satya Nadella
Just look at the great American executives and you will soon take up the stock of how many have played some kind of games that grow. In 2011, Luck They even gathered 500 Fortune CEO who were very successful at the playground, and Samuel J. Palmisano, former CEO of IBM; Walter E. Robb, former CEO of food; And former Boeing chief James McNeney all making an interesting list.
Stephanie Linnartz, former CEO of Under weapons. He was told Luck That as a runner, he learned the importance of treating the way of success as a race, not a hybrid.
Recently, the CFO Christine Dorfler of the NFL participated not only one, but Three ways Playing Lacrosse at the university helped to land a higher job.
And then there is Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who before entering the world of work, was the desired athlete. Multimillionaire Previously it was returned That he spent the “much” of his school time on the field playing “all games,” instead of putting his head down and reading.
Meanwhile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has also revealed that playing a growing cricket is designed as she leads today. “Team games have a major impact on who we become as citizens and leaders,” he has Previously he said. “Cricket is a song, and every player is a letter in the same format. Leadership in cricket is about to be a leading light and a source of inspiration.”