Gender diversity role in leadership

Last week I attended the launch of the ‘Women Matter Africa’ report by McKinsey. Launched in 2007, the Women Matter reports study the links between companies’ share of women in leadership positions and the respective financial and organisational performance.

Now, a sentiment was expressed severally at this launch which a lot of women would agree with. That we are still, in the 21st Century, trying to convince not just Africa but the world that leaving out half the planet’s inhabitants in governance is a bad idea, feels like an interminable conversation.