Anyone more or less interested in inequality between men and women in business, particularly in access to positions of responsibility, knows – or should know – the Women Matter‘s report signed each year (for four years) by McKinsey . Objective? Explicit the link between diversity and business performance.
As we know, despite progress in some countries, women remain underrepresented on boards of directors; a reality even more striking in the executive committees. Conducted among 1,500 executives worldwide, the 2010 study also reveals that (too) few companies are taking steps to develop women in their management teams and, for the vast majority of them the topic of gender diversity is not part of the strategic priorities …
Then to persuade and change attitudes (managers and others) here is a video illuminating and impacting
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