November 20th New York Times Magazine Over the last couple of weeks the news seems to be dominated by articles focused on the dearth of women leaders in business.  The cover story of the November 20 th New York Times Magazine highlighted the gender imbalance of women executives and filmmakers in Hollywood.   A December 1 st article discussed the paradox of how the high end fashion industry is dominated by male executives despite the fact women make 85% of their high end purchases.  On December 7 th CNN reported Japan slashing its target for women in senior positions as a way to boost its economy.  “Even with monetary incentives, companies appear to be reluctant to support women”.  Japan may use new legislation to mandate large companies as well as their government to set numerical targets for hiring and promoting women.  How is this still possible as we approach 2016?  In 2014 women represented 45% of the S & P 500 workforce yet held only 14.2% of the top fi