Advertising high flyer Charlotte Beers says it has become harder for women to enter circles of influence . She says men at the top do n't know how to appraise women 's potential . As chairman and CEO of Ogilvy and Mather , chairman of J. Walter Thompson , and later as Undersecretary of State to Colin Powell , I 've been witness to how power is exercised and how people are chosen for leadership roles in the halls of both corporations and governments . The problem is that there are so many more women than men, and they have a lot less power in society, she says.
Advertising high flyer Charlotte Beers says it has become harder for women to enter circles of influence . She says men at the top do n't know how to appraise women 's potential . The problem is that there are so many more women than men, and they have a lot less power in society, she says.