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Stop promoting women (who aren't me) part 2

Stop promoting women (who aren't me) part 2

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Cathy Reisenwitz
Jul 09, 2024
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Yesterday, we asked why organizations with more women at the top tend to outperform orgs with wang-heavier leadership teams.

Some of the evidence indicates that women do indeed lead better than men on average and that an organization can improve performance merely by replacing a few men at the top with women.

However, some of the evidence points in the opposite direction. Perhaps a company can’t improve performance merely by promoting more women. Maybe other factors explain the advantage having more women at the top confers.

Let’s dig in.

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