Women & Business 2011 - Special Report

The financial crisis has presented an opportunity for a more sustainable, less testosterone-driven capitalistic model, some experts say.

Female entrepreneurs and CEOs are still struggling for access to capital and battling for commensurate compensation.

Income equality made gains during the recession, not because women earned more, but because men earned less.

Some say Warren Buffett does. If that's not enough, a growing body of research shows women are less emotional money managers than men — and have the returns to prove it.

Resourceful women should be taking steps to become board-ready, in order to take advantage of the increasing number of women elected to corporate boards of directors.

Consensus and collaboration are often key ingredients to success at companies led by female executives.

Though women make up half of the American workforce, and collect 60 percent of four-year degrees, parity in the corporate world still eludes them.

“If your mother hasn’t called you crazy yet, then you haven’t graduated from the school of entrepreneurship,” says one CEO.

Women have made great strides in moving up the corporate ladder, but momentum has stalled.

More and more women are redefining success by leaving Corporate America, often to start their own companies.