The word just rolls of your tongue ever so smoothly. What does the combination of the two words, women and economics, get you? Well, a working economy for one.
According to at least half a dozen studies, including those from Columbia University, Goldman Sachs, and Ernst & Young, “women can make the difference between economic success and failure in the developing world, between good and bad decision-making in the industrialized world, and between profit and loss in the corporate world.”
WHAT NOW, boys of AskMen.com? You want to go up against some of the biggest firms in the world on this one? Want to argue with the handy charts and graphs Ernst & Young whipped up proving that “companies with more women in senior management roles make more money”?
Not that anyone (well, anyone who really knows women) was surprised by these results. Diversity of any kind strengthens society and business. Obviously men and women think differently, so it’s important that there are always a variety of viewpoints to achieve a successful outcome. A business meeting with 100 % testosterone isn’t going to achieve the same effect as one with the voice of females present. (And will also probably involve some sort of push up contest…) We’re not saying a whole table of women is the greatest idea either, but the female presence clearly does make a difference. In fact, McKinsey & Co’s study produced results that found that “great diversity in management led to higher-than-average stock performance.”
So to all those people who think women can’t be leaders, take THAT. It looks like it’s the boys who got us into the giant pickle we’re in now. A pickle that we’d never be chewing if, according to economists, women had a bit more control of the financial world: “The presence of more women on Wall Street might have averted the downturn.”
Looks like the boys need us a bit more than they’d like to admit.
Maybe it’s time we got some more estrogen in the office; it may be our only chance at economic recovery. We’re here to clean up this mess – and, no, we’re not referring to the dirty sloppy mess you left in the sink over the weekend - we’re talkin’ business now.
Ladies, let’s get to work.




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Candie says:
Tue, 14th Jul 200912:35 pm
This is such a naive, sexist article.
wendy says:
Tue, 14th Jul 20093:32 pm
umm, i don’t really think it was naive and sexist.
…well until the end gloaty part anyways.
it’s true. in most sectors of business/finance/govt/tranportation – there isn’t much diversity, if any. i dunno, maybe the studies really conclude that diversity helps make money. i don’t see why it can’t be true.
different people = different perceptions = different ideas = different methods = success = money
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