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We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top

Harvard Business

But what if there were a way to make breakthrough progress by applying research-based tools and strategies to boost these numbers faster? They were four years older, when compared with benchmark data, before becoming CEO and brought more-diverse functional and industry experience to the position.

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The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing

Harvard Business

Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S. Similar inefficiencies affect other industries as well, and they are likely to multiply as manufacturers seek to expand product portfolios and reduce turnaround times.