Research shows that companies with more diverse boards, especially those with female executives, lead to better performance.
Listen: Despite offering unique skills, women still come up short in professional services leadership roles“When considering the main board of the JSE, the largest securities exchange in Africa with a market capitalisation of US$1.36 trillion, our investigation of the companies’ executive composition for a recent five year period revealed that the female executive representation was at 10% and the female CEO representation only at 5%.
“This is in line with global studies pointing to industry-specific characteristics such as the composition of the industry’s workforce, explaining the existence and size of the gender leadership gap. Granted, our investigation was limited to main board companies on the JSE and therefore excluded a wide range of companies making up the South African landscape.”
“One such leader is CEO Nonhlanla Taylor at private company Oil Tanking & Mogs. When asked about her key to success, Taylor pointed to proper mentoring as “the single most important aspect of my career. I cannot emphasise it enough”.
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