By Lisa Stephens – It’s not so much whether women are eligible for board appointments, but more so whether women are adequate potential for the specific needs of the position to be filled. It’s not so much whether and how many women are appointed as board members, but more so whether each appointment meets its obligation. It shouldn’t be that women are the issue, but that women are included should they be the answer. It’s not that we are women, but that positions be filled by competent leadership.

As a business visionary, founder of Forbes Magazine, B.C. Forbes, dedicated its first issue to women in business. In 1917 he claimed, “Forbes believes her achievements are wide.” Forbes expounds, that women in business “will soon sit on boards beside men.”

Now nearly 100 years later, women control nearly 75 percent of consumer decisions. Speaking to the question of essential women in the boardroom leads the business structure to better-informed discussions with better potential for thoughtful decision-making.

Julie Norris, an executive recruiter, spoke at CTI summit offered some advice for women pursuing opportunities to participate at the level of corporate board appointments. Ms. Norris described the process for an evaluation of compatibility of attitudes and experience with understanding requirements of the individual structure.

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