Why board diversity can no longer be a company tick-box
Despite being linked to improved performance and innovation, changing the face of directors has been sluggish in SA
20 April 2021 - 16:46
The business case for diversity has now been made conclusively in a number of studies. Diverse teams make better decisions, and with that better investment decisions.
Perhaps even more compelling, as reported by the Boston Consulting Group Henderson Institute, companies with above-average diversity scores report an average of 45% of revenue coming from innovation, as opposed to 26% at companies with below-average diversity scores...
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