Finally….!!!  There is a study that proves what I have been saying for years.  This study shows that when women and millennials (aka Gen Y) are in charge, big things happen and organizations succeed.  This is not a passing trend.  Having millennials and women in leadership positions directly correlates with the success of a company.

The Global Leadership Forecast looked at the workforce issues affecting 13,124 leaders from around the world, representing 48 countries and 32 major industries.  Of the participating organizations, those in the top 20% financially had almost twice as many women in leadership roles, as well as more high-potential women holding those roles.  Does gender diversity pay off?  Yes…!!!  Absolutely…..!!!

Also, companies with a 30% proportion of young people in higher roles saw “aggressive growth,” according to the study. When it’s more like 20%, they saw “little to low growth” rates.  Granted, they leave organizations faster (within a year) and less engaged than other groups, but those are opportunities for companies to overcome.  But how can we ignore the success results of having women in leadership roles?

Even beyond the business success, there is all the life ending crises around the globe.  Heart breaking.  I couldn’t even get myself to write a business blog lately.  Who would want to read about cultural change and macro trends when faced with such never ending wars of domination and control?  I even read Gaza-tweets saying women should stop having children until men learn not to kill them.  Then I thought, it’s the leadership, stupid….always has been and always will be.  What this study doesn’t cover is what would happen if we had more women and millennials in political leaderships.  Would things be different?  I’d say…Yes….!!!

Sure, as long as there is life, there is death. Can I say as long as there is love, there is war. Maybe.  But can we move the needle by stepping into the New World order and starting to change our existing homogeneous leadership in businesses and politics.  If not for a better world to live in, for higher profit for all.  Let’s start sharing these studies.