Why Isn’t Equality in Leadership Skills Changing the Number of Female Leaders?

Feb 1, 2016 | Corporate, Economic Security, Leadership, Mentoring, Occupational Segregation, Political, Talent Management, Wage Gap, Work, Workplace Diversity

“Both men and women score similarly in their ability to drive business, but fewer women are rising beyond lower management.”

“Their findings show that the ratio of men to women chosen to complete these assessments was weighted in favor of male participants. According to the report’s authors, because these assessments represent investment, they are a reliable indicator of gender diversity among high-potential leaders.”

 “DDI’s research adds to those findings indicating that the reason there aren’t more women in high-level leadership is not rooted in lower competence. In fact, analyzing the differences between men and women on business drivers showed that there were no statistically significant differences, and neither gender got extremely high scores.”

 

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