The Globe and Mail editorial on Saturday, January 9, 2010, entitled, Leaders must recruit leaders, takes a in depth look at where women stand in Canada’s workforce.

The article is a great read with lots of statistics to support the argument. It speaks to the lack of female representation at the top of many corporations and in government offices even though “women have flooded into universities, poured into the workforce and have won critical battles in areas of non-discriminatory treatment and equal pay.”

The conclusion of the article - “One single reform can trump all those incremental efforts. That happens when leaders - CEOs, board chairmen, political party leaders and others - personally commit themselves to hiring and promoting women.”

If you are in a leadership role at your company what are you doing to commit to the hiring and promotion of women? Is your CEO engaged in this space? What can you personally do to help bring awareness to this type of engagement? Perhaps a small step forward might be forwarding this Globe and Mail article to our CEOs and political leaders.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think the best strategy might be to bring awareness to lack of role models for women in politics and business.