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For the last five years, WBJ has performed The Boardroom Gap investigation, examining the gender breakdown among leadership at 75 prominent Central Massachusetts business organizations. In the first years, the investigation found the region trailed state and national averages in having women in top executive and board roles. In the ensuing years, gender diversity in Central Mass. business leadership has improved, although women still occupy less than 40% of top positions. The fifth installment of The Boardroom Gap will be published Feb. 7.

 

Should businesses strive to have roughly equal gender diversity in their leadership?
Yes, leadership should reflect the makeup of the employee and/or customer base. (40%, 72 VOTES)
Yes, women and men should each occupy roughly 50% of top positions. (18%, 32 VOTES)
No, the most qualified people should get the top jobs, regardless of the gender breakdown. (41%, 74 VOTES)
No, but companies should strive to have at least one woman in executive ranks. (1%, 1 VOTES)
Poll Description

For the last five years, WBJ has performed The Boardroom Gap investigation, examining the gender breakdown among leadership at 75 prominent Central Massachusetts business organizations. In the first years, the investigation found the region trailed state and national averages in having women in top executive and board roles. In the ensuing years, gender diversity in Central Mass. business leadership has improved, although women still occupy less than 40% of top positions. The fifth installment of The Boardroom Gap will be published Feb. 7.

 

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  • January 24, 2022

    No it doesn't make any difference regarding gender. Are you looking to start a war?

  • January 24, 2022

    I see an issue with voting for option one (board reflects makeup of employee or customer base) instead of option 2 (50/50 split). A lot of companies are already male dominated so if you were to reflect the makeup of the existing representation in a primarily male dominated organization, you'd have few women represented in leadership. Adding women as well as people of color to leadership could help widen the employee and customer base of an organization by bringing a different perspective. My personal soap box issue is to introduce the worker's voice to boards beyond what is sometimes required by collective bargaining agreements. Many countries around the world legally require worker representation as part of good governance.