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McKinsey & Company - Diversity wins: How inclusion matters!
Our latest report shows not only that the business case remains robust but also that the relationship between diversity on executive teams and the likelihood of financial outperformance has strengthened over time.
By incorporating a “social listening” analysis of employee sentiment in online reviews, the report also provides new insights into how inclusion matters.
Our 2019 analysis finds that companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on executive teams were 25 percent more likely to have above-average profitability than companies in the fourth quartile—up from 21 percent in 2017 and 15 percent in 2014 (Exhibit 1).
Empathy Is The Most Important Leadership Skill According To Research
Empathy has always been a critical skill for leaders, but it is taking on a new level of meaning and priority. Far from a soft approach it can drive significant business results.
You always knew demonstrating empathy is positive for people, but new research demonstrates its importance for everything from innovation to retention.
Great leadership requires a fine mix of all kinds of skills to create the conditions for engagement, happiness and performance, and empathy tops the list of what leaders must get right.
Emotions: Business Insider, France "Every leader needs to build their emotional intelligence right now" - Marguerite Ward 2021
Emotional intelligence is a crucial leadership skill that is going to become more important for executives across the board.
Emotional intelligence is defined as "the ability to understand the way people feel and react and to use this skill to make good judgments and to avoid or solve problems," per the Cambridge Dictionary.
Gender Parity in Business: how to achieve it?
At the current rate, parity will be achieved in 2156
The Global Gender Gap Index (GGI) measures the percentage of progress towards full gender parity for 156 countries including Switzerland. Measured by 14 indicators since 2006 in countries107, the index has gone from 64.5% in 2006 to 68% today. This painfully slow evolution shows that — if we continue at this speed — it would take us more than 135 years to finally achieve parity in the world! This GGI has even fallen by 0.6% since last year.