The Bet of Bets
The Bet of Bets I. "So whatdoyouwannabet that the CEO is going to hire John as his VP of Finance?" A casual question, but it was rooted in a long-term back-and-forth argument I had with my wife, Joanne, about women in business. You see, she owned a business-a bridal shop to be exact-and we were always going back and forth about who had a better head for business. The question revolved around John Markham, a member of the "good old boys club" at the company I work for as an...