The power of all types of board diversity

What makes a board of directors “diverse?”  For many years, discussions about board diversity have focused primarily on issues of gender, race, and ethnicity.  Studies show that there has been some improvement in gender and racial diversity on boards, especially for the largest Fortune 100 boards (for examples, see the “2016 Board Diversity Census of Women and Minorities on Fortune 500 Boards,” a multi-year study published by the Alliance for Board Diversity in collaboration with Deloitte).

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