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Companies that are serious about moving women into the corner offices and keeping them there have to bend some old rules. Two firms based in the Washington area stand out for their willingness to do that. At Gannett, the media firm, 41% of the workers in the top four categories are women, as well as four of 15 members of the board of directors. At MCI, where 42% of the 20,400 employees are female, women hold 12% of the 350 top-management jobs, double the number three years ago. Both companies attribute their progress in part to the efforts...
...with small children or women whose husbands are pursuing ambitious careers of their own. John Zimmerman, an MCI senior vice president, cites the case of the corporate-development executive, a mother, who has turned down two promotions in the past year because she did not want to move. At Gannett, a woman declined a promotion to publisher because she was busy adopting a child. Her decision was accepted, and will not preclude a promotion the next time around...
Program coordinator Robert T. Gannett '72, assisted by Emile S. Godfrey '72, former PBHA President Ellyn Kestnbaum Daniels '83 and former Club President Thomas S. James '52, developed a program to share the talents of area alums with the 1400 students and 90 teachers at Foreman...
...former chairman of Gannett newspapers and founder of USA Today hit the best-seller list last year with his Confessions of an S.O.B. Now it turns out that the foundation he heads spent $40,000 to buy 2,000 copies of the book -- at retail price -- at various bookstores around the country...
...companies like Chevron and Amoco have found themselves in two- day creativity seminars, working on problems like how to raise two candles to eye level in a dark room using only string and paper clips. Only Deliverance might be adequate preparation for one problem-solving ploy practiced at the Gannett-owned News-Press in Fort Myers, Fla. Employees find themselves out at sea in a 25-ft. boat, often with only one experienced sailor on board. Says Madelyn Jennings, a Gannett senior vice president: "Some need to lead. Some need to follow. But they all need to get back...