Woman prove to be better board members than men

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/careers-leadership/female-board-members-better-than-men-on-complex-issues-study/article10289451/

A recent study shows that women would make better board members due to their ability to solve complex problems faster and better than their male counter-parts. This study suggests that companies with an unequal ratio between genders means that they are short changing their investors. Women account for only 10% of all board members in Canadian companies. This may be due to numerous reasons such as sexism. The study also suggests that men make decisions based on rules, regulations and tradition. However there is good news for investors whose companies have mostly males on there board as both men and women directors scored well on the test.

When I first started reading this article I thought that the women's rights activists would be all over this, but as I read deeper into the article I got less interested as I felt that the article lead away from what the headline suggests. The headline suggests that a company would be better off having nearly all or all of their board members female. However what the study said was that if you take a random man and a random woman that the critical thinking/problem solving skills of the woman were usually better.