TOP COMPANIES for ambitious WOMEN, Wendy's CEO Kerrii Anderson and MUSLIM professionals six years after 9/11
ATLANTA, July 19, 2007—In the August.September issue of PINK magazine – hitting newsstands later this month – read these stories plus: generation wars in the office, the top women in education, how women's brains are hard-wired to win, and the consequences of being overweight at work.
TOP COMPANIES FOR WOMEN
PINK and KPMG, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, announce PINK's Top Companies for Women: American Express Co., Heller Ehrman LLP, Kelly Services, Aflac Inc., FedEx Services, Grant Thornton LLP, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. and Wachovia Corp. "When it comes to advancing women, these companies demand results, not rhetoric," says Cynthia Good, PINK's founding editor. "Our list is different from other lists because we focus on numbers: pay, P&L positions and pipelines for women."
WENDY'S CEO: BURGER QUEEN
As her company's turnaround moves slowly and her board considers a sale, will the reigning queen of the No. 3 burger chain be overthrown? In an exclusive interview, meet Wendy's CEO Kerrii Anderson, a tobacco farmer's daughter turned lone female CEO of a top fast-food chain. On Wendy's decision to entertain offers, Anderson tells PINK, "The board's just being proactive and responsible." Find out how she got to the top and why she's not yet ready to wave the white flag.
I AM NOT A TERRORIST
Six years after September 11th, Muslim businesswomen still have to educate and outperform their way past prejudice in the workplace. Of the several million Muslims in the U.S., two-thirds were born here – like Sumiyyah Abdur-Rasheed, who wears a hijab over her head while troubleshooting computer glitches for Top 500 firms across the country. Find out how her religious beliefs are both a roadblock and a stepping stone on her way up the corporate ladder.
CLIMBING THE IVORY TOWER
Next month Drew Gilpin Faust will begin the academic year as Harvard's first woman president. But women still make up only 23 percent of academic president positions, and women are far from parity with men among tenured and tenure-track faculty positions. Yet female students are flooding America's colleges in greater numbers than men. What's going on?
TOO FAT TO GET PROMOTED?
An estimated 127 million Americans (or 65 percent of us) are categorized as overweight or obese, costing U.S. businesses more than $12.7 billion each year in paid sick leave, insurance and more. And what about the cost to a woman's career? PINK talks to overweight women who feel overlooked, discriminated against and embarrassed at work. What can individuals and companies do to beat the bulge?
PINK-SLIPPED:
Pizza Hut, Converse, Swiffer and FOX's The Simple Life get a bad rap when it comes to marketing to women.
About PINK:
Published seven times in 2007, PINK is the nation's only magazine exclusively for career women, providing tactics and strategies for greater success at work and joy in life. Complementing the award-winning magazine and website (pinkmagazine.com) is an annual conference series held in cities across the U.S.
