ZEENAT MOORAD: For women, having it all is impossible
If you were wondering, only 2.2% of JSE-listed companies have female CEOs
Unassuming and whip-smart, PepsiCo’s outgoing CEO Indra Nooyi has long been held up as the paragon of a woman breaking the US corporate glass ceiling.Nooyi — one of the most prominent women and one of a handful of people of colour to lead a Fortune 500 company — will be remembered for shattering something else: the myth of work-life balance. Instead, she says you can have it all, but it will cost you.For the generation of women who chose to have a career and a family, her frankness and refusal to sugarcoat the challenges with which so many struggle have been welcome."On a relative basis I’ve had it all — I’ve been fortunate to have a wonderful husband, two great kids, a very tight-knit family and an awesome job with a great team. But to get here and to stay here [there have been] lots of trade-offs, lots of sacrifices, and under the water, a lot of collateral damage," she once said in an interview.She’s been candid about sacrifices, "mom-guilt", the need for a good support system an...
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