WFF Business Case for Gender Diversity
The
benefits to the foodservice industry of elevating women leaders
are clear: diverse work teams are more engaged, more productive and
more innovative. Further, Catalyst research proved that companies with
more diverse senior leadership teams deliver better financial performance
than companies with a homogeneous leadership structure.*
To perform at the highest level, our industry must attract, develop
and retain the best talent. At WFF, we support foodservice companies
as they strive to become more inclusive of women at the executive level
and, as a result, achieve more robust financial results. Because when
the best and brightest are fully engaged, everyone wins.
*Source: Catalyst, Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity.
Study of 353 Fortune 500 corporations, 1996-2000