Women Matter 2
To address some unanswered questions from McKinsey’s first ‘Women Matter’ report, Women Matter 2 has been released to delve further into the subject of women in leadership roles. Through surveying over 1,000 managers from a wide range of companies and comparing responses against financial performance, nine leadership behaviours which increase organizational performance were identified. This research was compared to the results of a similar survey conducted by two academic researchers in which 9,000 leaders and managers from the western world were surveyed and the frequency of the most common leadership behaviours were determined. When comparing how often the leadership behaviours that affect organizational performance apply according to gender, results show that women exhibit five leadership behaviours (“People Development”, “Expectation and Rewards”, “Role Model”, “Inspiration” and “Participative Decision-making”) more frequently than men. Men, on the other hand, apply two behaviours (“Control and corrective action” and “Individualistic Decision-making”) more often than women. Ultimately, the study shows that organizational success depends on the diversity and complementing of behaviours. “When put into practice through executive education, discovering the diversity of leadership qualities is an excellent inroad to Inclusion,” added Diversity expert, Michael Stuber.
