The data is clear that organizations with women in leadership, regularly out-perform those with more homogenous leadership. Yet women and men tend to see the facts and challenges of bringing more women into executive roles differently. Here are the facts that matter.

What do you and your protégé believe about the following?

The perception gap: Women notice more barriers to leadership than men do

We all need barriers to come down. Firms with more women in the highest leadership positions perform 46-84% better on hard metrics.

Soft metrics win with gender diversity, too. Women in the workforce improves customer and employee experience by 36-57%

But! Women drop out of the leadership pipeline at 200% the rate of men.

WHY do fewer women make it into leadership?
Factor #1: Women are mentored into profit-and-loss leadership roles 2-3 times less often

Factor #2: Women burn out more often, bearing greater demands for unpaid and undervalued work at home and at work

Factor #3: Women earn less and women of color earn even less than their white peers.

And there's more. Take action personally and organizationally.

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