Credit Union Times Executive Editor Heather Anderson's exploration of why more women haven't been promoted to credit unions' corner offices in her May 5 column, "Do Credit Unions Promote Women? Apparently Not," ignited quite a debate. Check out what readers had to say below.
Many of us long ago stopped using race, gender or private activities as criteria for the ability to perform a job. As a board member who recently hired a CEO, her gender was never discussed. We hired the best available person, who just happened to be a woman. During the last NFL draft, we wanted a quarterback who can help our team win. Black, white, Asian or Android, we don't care.
This article contains the answer to this largely irrelevant issue: There aren't more women CEOs because they don't want to be CEOs. Stop making people do stuff they don't want to do just because you think they should.
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