Ranking of Women Leaders in Management Consulting

Some of our best ideas have come just in the last few years. It's always been part of the publication's editorial mission to recognize the often overlooked accomplishments of women in the profession. Beginning in 2007, we launched our Women Leaders in Consulting awards.

The impact of women on the consulting profession far outpaces their raw numbers. Perhaps in 2009 more than ever. This year, firms needed to tap into a diversity of thought to get clients through tough times.

Even though women currently make up only about a quarter of the consulting industry, their collective impact on the profession is far greater. With this in mind, magazine brought the industry together on October 30 at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York to recognize eight Women Leaders in Consulting.

On Nov. 1, we launched a new chapter as we unveiled a new honor to the industry – Consulting magazine's Achievement Awards: Women Leaders in Consulting. The gala at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York was an event that was, in our opinion, long overdue.