This article discusses the strides women have made in leadership positions, and the future progression of women in leadership positions based on research studies. After interveiwing and comparing female leaders to male leaders all over the world, the researchers eventually found that women on average are just as competent, if not slightly more competent, than their male counterparts in leadership positions. Despite these findings, female leadership has actually been decreasing in recent years, just as we have learned in class.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/hbr.org/amp/2019/06/research-women-score-higher-than-men-in-most-leadership-skills
It is interesting to read about the criteria that is neccesary to be considered a good leader, but it also put bias into perspective for me. If we always took into account competency and expertise as the only reasons for hiring or promoting someone, so many people would be in places of power that otherwise would never be able to reach, while some people in power now would never be allowed to manage anyone. What are your preferences for gaging professional competency? Do you beleive that there are any other reasons- based on what we have learned in class- on why women do not get promoted as much as men do?