Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?

It is no secret that many people do not regard their leaders highly. We see our executives as incompetent and our politicians incapable. Another visible phenomenon is gender inequality in leadership positions. Although women represent 44% of the workforce, the higher up the hierarchy we go, the more we face inequality: only 6% of women are CEOs.

What if there were a relationship between these two phenomena? If more women were leaders, would the quality of leadership improve? To answer these questions, we have to analyze the causes of both phenomena. We have to understand why the leaders we elect are increasingly more inept in carrying out their role and why there are so few women who reach these positions. Our goal should be to increase the percentage of women leaders as well as improve our managers. It is time to deal with these two problems, using a solution based on a new point of view.