Leveraging Diversity to Maximum Advantage: The Business Case for Appointing More Women to Boards

Women bring a different perspective to decision making. Yet where that perspective is, arguably, needed most, on boards, women are noticeably under-represented. In this article, Ivey's Dean, who sits on several boards, makes a strong and compelling case for why there should be more women on more boards and what companies can do to identify and help more women to become board members. The case for why there are so few women on boards has become stale and easily refutable. Which is why directors must read this compelling business case.