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In the contemporary business setting, there are many sterling examples of female business executives who have made their mark and proven that when it comes to leadership capabilities, they can be just as tough, effective, and respectable as their male counterparts.
Armed with the right opportunities, unflappable spirit, a clear vision, and loads of talent, most women-executives nowadays are blazing trails and proving to all and sundry that the business scene is a woman’s place after all.
Into this mold belong effective women business leaders (who worked their way up to become women at the helm) with the likes of the late fashion designer Liz Claiborne; the trailblazing CEO of eBay who made greats strides for the online auction firm from 1998 to 2008, Margaret Whitman; chief financial officer-turned-president of Yahoo Susan Decker; celebrity host and extraordinary businesswoman Oprah Winfrey, plus may others. Decker and Winfrey, incidentally, figured in Forbes magazine’s list of 100 Most Powerful Women for 2008.
Another noteworthy observation among all the aforementioned women-achievers is that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive in each one of them. These are women who helped propel their firms to new heights and made their products & services integral parts of many people’s lives.
As smart business people who helped steer the companies they represented during the formative years, transformed brands, and achieved skyrocketing sales for their enterprises, these women-achievers are inspiring examples of how the indomitable human spirit can overcome many challenges and hurdles.
They do not only ooze with confidence and charm, but also motivate many other women to undertake bold strokes or small but consistent triumphs, fueled by passion, creativity and determination to succeed. Beyond the can-do attitude, they actually invested much time to retain their firms’ competitive edge and employed strategic management moves that allowed their firms to rebound following downtrends in business cycles, and placed their firms on the path to renewed growth.