Making The Case For Gender Diversity: Women In Healthcare Leadership

The American people have spoken. A majority want more women leaders in business and politics, even though they also believe women typically have to work harder to prove their skills and have more obstacles on their way to the top. In fact, 54 percent say genser discrimination plays a large role in why there aren't more women in positions of executive leadership.

Those are some of the results from a fascinating new study by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. Their implications are implicit: Pressure is growing for better gender and ethnic diversity in every sphere of public life.

As longtime sponsors of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare leadership awards curated by Modern Healthcare, we have seen the momentum and the drumbeat growing for this type of sea change. While challenges certainly remain — the number of women who are employed as CEOs of the companies in the S&P 500 is declining instead of increasing — we remain optimistic that transformation is in the offing.

The corporate world can be slow assimilating societal changes, yet society is clamoring for more women in leadership. According to Pew, Americans view women leaders as better than male leaders in ...

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