
Véronique Laury,
C.E.O. of Kingfisher
According to a study of 800 Italian firms by Luca Flabbi, Economic Professor of the University of North Carolina, U.S.A., appointing a female C.E.O. increases sales per worker by 14%, in companies where at least 20% of the workforce was women. Female leaders place employees in jobs that are appropriate to their education and skills. Having a female C.E.O. also reduces the salary gap between men and women within a firm, with an additional 10% earned by...