According to CNN/Money, 2016 was a record year for women. The report:
America hit a milestone in 2016: The most female CEOs ever. There are now 27 women at the helm of S&P 500 companies.
The good news is it's a new record for women in business, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. It's also 22% more — a big jump — from last year, when only 22 women led S&P 500 companies.
Wow. It's not shocking that women are trailing, but the numbers are still pretty surprising to me. That's a lot of unrealized talent.
I have had the opportunity to work for two women who were deans of my law schools, and that, too, is pretty uncommon, though far more so than the numbers at Fortune 500 companies. Women make up about 34% of faculty and 30% of law deans (or did as of 2015). That's noticeably better, but it remains clear we have work to do.
And that's really all I have to offer right now. We need to do better in how we assess talent and ability. Because the numbers suggest we're missing out.