Guides

Asking for a Raise

Learn how to ask for a raise with proven strategies to build your case, choose the right timing, and negotiate your salary with confidence.

Guides

Building Leadership Skills

Learn how to develop leadership skills with practical steps to build influence, communicate effectively, and become a stronger leader at work.

Guides

Accelerating your Career

Learn how to accelerate your career with proven strategies to get promoted faster, build visibility, and reach the next level at work.

Tips

What I Wish I Knew about Leadership Growing Up

Girls are often told they aren't leaders. Learn why that narrative is wrong and how we can help girls see themselves as leaders from a young age.

Tips

The Surprising Benefit of Using All Your PTO

Guides

Getting a Promotion

Explore Lean In's promotion resources, from a step-by-step action plan to expert tips on visibility, sponsorship, and negotiation.

Tips

How to Deal With a Micromanager Without Hurting Your Career

3 concrete tips for dealing with a micromanager

Op-Ed

Good News for Women at Work: 3 Reasons to Feel Hopeful Right Now

Good news for women across the job market and homeownership

Tips

What Is Likeability Bias? Why Successful Women Face This Hurdle at Work

High competence or intelligence can trigger hostility for women at work.

Tips

Asking for a Promotion in Your Performance Review: How to Prepare

A week-by-week guide to prepare you to ask for a promotion in your performance review

Tips

How to Get a Job in 2026: What Every New Graduate Needs to Know

A 2026 guide to getting a job in a difficult market

Tips

The Hidden Rules of Work Every Young Woman Should Know Before Starting Her Career

Findings

Young Women Aren’t Opting Out. They’re Opting for Better.

Tips

How to Respond When Someone Questions Your Competence at Work

Tips

What to Do if Your Partner's Job Always Comes First

Findings

The “Gen Z Women Are Opting Out” Story Is Wrong

New Lean In research shows Gen Z women want leadership roles when they believe their company genuinely wants them there.

Findings

What Is the Broken Rung?

Broken rung: the #1 barrier to women's advancement. Learn why women fall behind at the first step to manager—and what organizations can do to close the gap.

Tips

Public Speaking Anxiety: Why It's Different for Women, and How to Move Past It

Women face gender bias when speaking in public. Here are tactics for building confidence when presenting.

Tips

How to Negotiate Your Salary and Get Paid What You're Worth

Women face more pushback than men when they negotiate. Here are research-backed negotiation strategies to help you get what you're worth.

Op-Ed

Why Women's Leadership Is More Important than Ever in the Age of AI

AI can't replicate communication, empathy, or ethical judgment, the strengths that position women to lead in an AI-powered workplace.

Op-Ed

Q&A: The Importance of Women's Financial Literacy, with Mrs. Dow Jones

Mrs. Dow Jones on negotiating pay, investing instead of just saving, and why financial literacy is real freedom for women.

Op-Ed

Q&A: The "Rainbow Ceiling" for LGBTQ+ Workers, with Layla McKay

Layla McCay explains the rainbow ceiling holding back LGBTQ+ workers, the pay gap behind it, and how allies can help close it.

Findings

Interrupted at work? You're not alone.

Women are twice as likely as men to be interrupted or spoken over at work. See what the research shows and what you can do about it.

Findings

Why ambition and failure go hand in hand

Women fear failure more than men, and they're judged more harshly for it. See what the research shows and how to overcome your fear of failure.

Findings

The hidden challenges younger women face at work

Younger women face ageism, sexual harassment, and promotion barriers at the same rates as older women. See the research and what companies must do.

Findings

Why we keep raising our voice for women’s rights

The fight for reproductive rights is far from over. See the data on abortion bans and why women's right to choose remains central to gender equality.

Findings

What happens when companies support Black women

Black women are among the most motivated and qualified employees, yet face the worst broken rung of any group. See the data and learn how to be a better ally.

Findings

The workplace doesn’t take young women seriously—now they’re fighting back

Ageism hits young women hardest—they face bias around competence and credibility that men their age don't. See the research and how women are pushing back.

Tips

How to Find a Mentor at Work—and Why You Need a Sponsor More

Learn how to find a mentor at work—and why you need a sponsor even more. Research-backed strategies to build the relationships that drive promotions.

Tips

How to Succeed in Your First Job

Learn how to succeed in your first job—research-backed steps for women to build visibility, earn promotions, and navigate workplace bias from day one.

Findings

The Broken Rung: Lean In Factsheet

The broken rung is the #1 barrier to gender parity in leadership. See the data on why women fall behind at the first promotion and what companies can do.

Findings

Gen Z Women and Leadership: Lean In Factsheet

More Gen Z women would seek leadership if they believed companies wanted them. See the data here.

Findings

“Imagine if they got support, this could be a woman’s world”

New McKinsey data reveals women face a broken rung in India, Nigeria, and Kenya. See what drives the gender gap and what companies can do to close it.

Op-Ed

The Number of Men Who Are Uncomfortable Mentoring Women Is Growing

New research shows more men are avoiding mentoring women at work. Sheryl Sandberg and Marc Pritchard on why this threatens workplace equality.

Op-Ed

Don’t Avoid Women, Mentor Them

Men avoiding women after #MeToo are making the workplace worse. Learn why mentoring women is good for everyone and how to start today.