# Professor Lisa Leslie's research on high-potential women

1 May 26, 2017 The Washington Post ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/05/26/the-surprising-role-where-women-consistently-earn-more-than-men/?utm_term=.ca8b4f86bbc6) -- "[Lisa Leslie](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lisa-leslie), a professor at New York University, looked at the highest-paid executives in S&P 1500 companies and found what might be called a 'diversity premium,' in which women at the top earn more than men in these top-paid positions at big companies. The reason, Leslie told the Harvard Business Review, is that companies that have adopted organizational diversity goals — something common at the largest companies — are more likely to pay extra for high-potential women."

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