Want to increase your chances of becoming a female CEO one day, or your child’s odds? Pronto sign up for high school football, gymnastics, tennis (or any sports team).
That’s because when it comes to a few women who actually reach their peak, they all have an amazing pattern.
Melinda French Gates recently explained at the Women’s Sports Summit proposed by Elf Beauto: “The only relevance they found in the C suite is the CE suite, which is the CEO of both of them doing sports, or most of them participating in sports.”
The 60-year-old billionaire philanthropist and Bill Gates’ ex-wife added: “The paper is (we don’t know why that’s) they don’t mind failing.”
“You go out of the boundaries of football and go back. Sometimes you lose tennis. You learn to fail, and it’s OK to fail.”
Tennis legend Billie Jean King is also in the group, responding that girls who participate in sports continue to have greater confidence, resilience, and do better in math and science, even if they are just playing games, not winning.
“That’s why I want girls in sports,” she added. “They don’t have to be the best.”
“Actually, have you heard of Sally Ride, the first female astronaut in the United States? I grew up in the Los Angeles area,” the 81-year-old champion said.
Just a few years after leaving her dream of playing tennis, she met the groundbreaking NASA ad in 1977: The first ever call for female astronauts.
“She was a physicist, she was smart, and she always ranked No. 1 in the classroom,” King recalls. “So she signed up to be a female astronaut and of course, she was selected as the first American woman.”
“But she told me the reason she was chosen was because she was a Jock. She said, ‘I got along better, I got to know the male society better because I was in sports and I knew their language. I knew that was the reason I chose first because I played sports in my life because I was just an example of how I could do sports for you as a person.”
College liar – not nerd – have more successful careers
The gate, the king and the riding didn’t imagine it. Jock is indeed more successful. An extensive study of Ivy League alumni in the United States shows that those who were sporting in their youth (rather than books) have higher positions and higher salaries than their “nerd” peers
Despite the fact that an old cliché hits its peak in high school, the nerds end up laughing – maybe keep on being one Fortune 500 CEO– Ironically, emotional students are more likely to earn an MBA and then a company show.
This is especially true for women. Echoing the door, research Um It shows that almost all women in C-Suite (an astonishing 94%) are former athletes.
It’s no coincidence: the leadership talent developed in a competitive environment is exactly what the board needs.
The CEO told wealth Sports growth Teach them confidence, teamwork, disciplineand more. At the same time, according to McKinseyThe need for time management, resilience and learning thinking is ideal in both C-suite and exercise.
“The best leaders today have changed their minds, which is closely similar to the way elite athletes prepare, train and compete.” McKinsey Partners Bob Sternfells and Daniel Parktodd. “In many ways, these two jobs – CEO and athlete – are highly relevant.”
CEO and Sports: From Andy Jassy to Satya Nadella
Just look at some of the chief executives in the United States and you will soon take a look at participating in some form of sports. In 2011, wealth Even former IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano, even the most successful Fortune 500 CEO on the field. Walter E. Robb, former CEO of Whole Foods; former Boeing host James McNerney all made an impressive list.
Stephanie Linnartz, former CEO Under Armour,,,,, Tell wealth As a runner, she understands the importance of seeing the path to success as a marathon rather than a sprint.
Recently, NFL’s Chief Financial Officer Christine Dorfler shared not only Three ways Playing hockey in college helped her get her best job.
Then Amazon Before entering the world of work, CEO Andy Jassy was an aspiring athlete. Millionaire Re-study before He spent a lot of time playing “all sports” on the court, rather than letting his mind down and learning.
at the same time, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also revealed that playing cricket has shaped his leadership style today. “The team movement has a big impact on our identities as citizens and leaders.” Said before. “Cricket is a symphony and every player is an annotation to the work.
