This is a problem, Andrew writes: “With so many employees trying to overcome barriers to promotions at their own employers, this creates a kind of systemic impediment to diversifying boardrooms.” The stats show that when women and people of color are hired on a board, they are more likely to be first-time directors than white men, less likely to be current or former chief executives, and tend to be younger.Īs Ms. Many of America’s biggest companies don’t allow workers outside their topmost ranks to join external boards. Christoff accepted the board role anyway - and was fired. (As senior vice president for strategy and government relations, she didn’t qualify.) She appealed to Mr. But Salesforce allows only those who report directly to Marc Benioff, the company’s C.E.O., to become directors. Niki Christoff sought to join the board of a publicly traded company, she told Andrew. But as a Salesforce executive learned, there are sometimes hidden hurdles to making that happen, Andrew writes in his latest column. A wrinkle in the push for more diverse directorsīusiness leaders, investors and regulators are all pushing to make corporate America’s boardrooms more diverse.
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