Lucie Salhany, the former chairman of Fox Broadcasting Co. and a former director at Compaq Computer Corp. and subsequently Hewlett-Packard, has often been the sole woman in the room at business meetings. She said she thinks the main reason so few women have ascended to the C-suite and boardrooms is because a lot of men prefer other men they know or admire — no matter how many times they hear that diversity leads to better decision- making or that women could help them reach female customers. Article