We all know business financial performance improves when more women are in senior levels of management and leadership.

I find it fascinating that sport has such a strong connection to success in business. Arguably, C-suite women are some of the most successful women, and more than half of them played at a more advanced level than just the general population of women in business that had sport in their background.

Not only do the majority of senior women executives have sports in their background, they recognize that the behaviors and techniques learned through sports are critical to motivating teams and improving performance in a corporate environment.

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

Research shows that women at that mid level tend to get promoted based on performance, and men tend to get promoted based on potential.

Mentorship has been an excuse not to promote women.