Women in Leadership: why does it matter?
Women in Leadership: why does it matter? There is increasing recognition across different sectors of our society that gender balance in leadership creates economic growth and can provide society with different perspectives and approaches to management and business issues. Yet companies are still struggling to attract and promote female talent. During the last decade we have actually seen an improvement in the share of women leaders in Europe, however the percentages of women sitting in executive positions is still not sufficient to reach the desired gender balance. According to European Commission data from 2016, the average number of women