Our thanks to Jeff for this wonderful news. I’ve posted these comments:
Fewer women in top corporate jobs? Wonderful news. The bid to increase the proportion of women on corporate boards is a feminist scam, through the lie that appointing more women to boards will increase profitability. They are cynically conflating correlation with causation.
In 2012 I presented evidence to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries, the already well-established causal link between increasing gender diversity on boards and corporate financial DECLINE. A link to that evidence on the ‘Campaign for Merit in Business’ website.
Mike Buchanan
CAMPAIGN FOR MERIT IN BUSINESS
JUSTICE FOR MEN & BOYS
LAUGHING AT FEMINISTS
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Hopefully companies realize that hiring for merit, ability, commitment, etc. is much more beneficial for profitability.
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I expect a further push, maybe legislation on “Boards” more pointless “non-execs” to meet quotas.
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It was interesting during and in the aftermath of “the pandemic” in local gov. here. One by one COEs of Councils, Departmental Directors “amazing” women, took early retirement, left due to “stress” or “to spend more time with the family” or were quietly let go. To be replaced by one of those toxic males. I should have kept a record as research. But I’d guess all over the country thee was a similar shift. Certainly this seem similar to many businesses that appointed “diversity hires” in the good times and had them leave as it got tough. I don’t suppose anyone dare do the research!
For many years the NHS claimed to be world beating. Being often at the top of the top ten in a particular index. Of course few ever looked into the detail of this. If they had they’d find (as is often the case in such indices) that it doesn’t measure quite what you’d think. So of course the NHS does well on the diversity of its employees, proportion of female senior managers, policies on interpreters, maternity leave, staff mental health support and so on. Yet on the measures of “clinical effectiveness” it is in fact rather dismal. And here is the thing. I expect the public in general may be pleased that the NHS has all the right policies and procedures and celebrates diversity but in truth would think the index would be about how well it performs, makes sick people better. But thats not what the index is about. And so we have a fantasy of a wonderful health service when in fact its not very good at its main job, getting sick people better. And this is where we are, focused on anything but the actual effectiveness of services even businesses and industries. A position where businesses don’t make money and public services become less and less effective. Our economy has “flatlined” in productivity for a decade and few public services appear to function. We will steadily decline unless we rediscover the idea that prosperity requires work.
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sorry, I’m not holding my breath with this
we still have esg and dei taking over instead.
so little will change
the damage is already done and people have short memories, so this will arise again..
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And another “amazing” female Executive leaves “on gardening leave” after maybe not being so amazing after all. Despite being PA and protege of the CEO of another division. https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/maria-grazia-davino-rising-star-of-stellantis-uk-quits-rsxh5fhzw
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