Mary Barra and Ginni Rometty discuss being female role models in business with CNBC's Leslie Picker at the inaugural CNBC CEO Council: Leaders' Library.
GM CEO Mary Barra and former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty joined CNBC's Leslie Picker at the CNBC CEO Council: Leaders' Library on Monday in New York City.They discussed the examples set by their own mothers during childhood and their professional journeys, from downplaying their gender to embracing their role as female business icons for other women today.
Barra ultimately had a similar awakening. She rose from the ground floor in manufacturing, and said in early roles it was easy for her to overlook being the only woman. But as she climbed to the C-suite, comments on her identity increased, a situation that made her uncomfortable. Barra recalled asking people, "Can we talk about something else, because I'd like to think I got here because of my skills and abilities and contributions, not just that I'm a female.
"I am a mom, I had two children, I had to juggle both. But so often, I see women saying, 'someday I'd like to have kids, so therefore I can't do this.' And I'm like, wait a minute, you know, you're 23. And you're already saying no to things? You need to, you can do both. ... I had such a wonderful mother who encouraged me. I wasn't facing the 'I cannot, I can't do that, because I don't see anyone who looks like me who is' ...
She recounted one instance in which she was offered a job, "and I said, 'let me go home and ask my husband.' The guy looks at me like, okay, that's kind of a weird answer. And I went home and my husband says, 'Do you think a man would answer it that way? I've watched this over and over, every time you take a new job, you're talking about everything you can't do... and then in six months, you're bored.
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