DEI = Financial Outperformance

What’s happening? Numbers from McKinsey say if 30% of a business’ executives are women has a 48% likelihood to outperform. If your business is in the top 25% for diversity, outperformance likelihood is 36%. The big picture: DEI leads to  better investment returns, improved business strategies and stronger organizations as a whole. 

Why is this important? Businesses with low diversity numbers are are more likely to underperform their national industry median in profitability, at 40%

How will this be important? Let’s watch these 3 industries that they say have the highest levels of executive-team diversity: financial services, technology, and healthcare. 

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