Ducks in a Row: Old White Guy MAP
by Miki SaxonOn August Max Schireson voluntarily stepped down from his CEO role to become Vice Chairman of MongoDB.
He did it to spend more time with his family.
He wasn’t forced out and no pressure was applied.
Schireson took a hard look at his life and decided that, based on his personal value system, he needed to change it.
It wasn’t bad, just not what he wanted it to be.
My hat is always off to everybody who puts their personal values ahead of the way our society scores the game.
But what about the countless men who would make the same choice if circumstances didn’t prevent it?
The same things that impede women from viably combining aggressive careers with family also impede men—in spades to at least the 10th power.
The people who want to see their kids grow up; want a relationship with kids and spouse, want choice-sans-repercussions, want to live their values aren’t a minority.
Jack Welch famously stuck his foot in his mouth on this subject.
Five years later the old white guys are still running 75% of the Fortune 500 and many are still saying the same thing—as are too many of the 25% who are neither old, nor white, nor guys.
But what I find truly depressing is the prevalence of old-white-guy MAP in Millennials.
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