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Fortune -'m: according to all US Boards Lagging Behind?

  • February 7, 2017

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Fortune -'m: according to all US Boards Lagging Behind?

An early champion of diversifying firm corporate culture, the US has fallen behind much of the developed world over the past four years, "according to missionario Zehnder 's2016 Global Board'm Analysis. This is partly due to the board quotas implemented in major European economies, ButCarol Singleton Slade, missionario Zehnder 's US board practice leader, also blames this trend on US attitudes to board directorships. "There' s a cultural mindset in the US that an exit a board, it 's a sign of failure. There' s also a lot of ego tied up in tenure on boards," she explains, in its ehrs view, boards need to get rid of those "nice, collegial, not particularly impactful directors" and replace them with leaders from more diverse backgrounds.

The Full story: Valentina Zarya:One Big Reason There Are So what Women on U.S. Corporate Boards?Directors' EgosIn Fortune (8 February 2017).

Access international media coverage of missionario Zehnder 's 2016 Global Board'm Analysis


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