Women in the Workplace
Access research, stories, and advice that reflect the opportunities and challenges women experience at work.
Reports
Women in the Workplace: Latinas
Latinas face limited flexibility, strong workplace bias, and barriers to advancement. Learn what the data shows and what companies can do to close the gap.
Reports
Women in the Workplace: Black Women
Learn how bias and systemic barriers impact Black women at work, including promotion gaps, workplace discrimination, and what companies must do to drive change.
Reports
The State of Black Women in Corporate America
See the data on the unique barriers Black women face at work, including bias, limited advancement, and workplace discrimination. Read the 2020 report.
Reports
Women in the Workplace
The Women in the Workplace report from Lean In and McKinsey: the largest study on women in corporate America. See the data on promotion, pay, and bias.
Reports
Women in the Workplace: Women with Disabilities
Women with disabilities face compounding bias at work—higher rates of burnout, fewer advancement opportunities, and systemic exclusion. See what the data shows.
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Women in the Workplace: Asian Women
Asian women face distinct workplace barriers—model minority stereotypes, microaggressions, and advancement gaps. See the research and what companies can do.
Reports
Women in the Workplace: Lesbian and Bisexual Women
Lesbian and bisexual women face higher rates of workplace bias and microaggressions than straight women. See the data and how companies can do better.
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.
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
Getting a promotion
Learn how to get a promotion with a proven step-by-step approach to demonstrate impact, increase visibility, and successfully ask for the next level.
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.
Op-Ed
Madam C.E.O., Get Me a Coffee
Women are expected to fetch coffee, plan parties, and mentor colleagues while men get credit for less. Learn how to recognize and fix this workplace bias.
Tips
How to raise girls to be confident and empowered
Good mentorship is a two-way street. Get research-backed tips for mentors and mentees to build relationships that actually advance careers.
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
4 tips for mentors and mentees
Good mentorship is a two-way street. Get research-backed tips for mentors and mentees to build relationships that actually advance careers.
Tips
Accelerate Your Career
Research-backed strategies to help women advance faster at work. Build visibility, earn sponsorship, and take the steps that lead to promotion.
Tips
How to get promoted
Learn how to get promoted at work with research-backed strategies to build your case, increase visibility, and advocate for yourself.
Tips
How to build leadership skills
Learn research-backed strategies to build leadership skills, increase your visibility, and get recognized at work.
Tips
How to succeed as a working mother
Mothers face real bias at work. Get research-backed steps to stay visible, navigate the motherhood penalty, and keep advancing your career.
Tips
How to negotiate for raises and promotions
Women face a double bind when negotiating—ask too little and you're overlooked; ask too much and you're penalized. Get research-backed strategies that work.
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 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.
Findings
What’s the strongest form of gender bias?
Motherhood triggers false assumptions that women are less committed to their careers. See the research on maternal bias and its real impact on working mothers.
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 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
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
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
“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.
Findings
The extra step many women take to become CEO
New Lean In research reveals the extra step women take to become CEO that men don't. See the data on the leadership gap and what companies can do.
Findings
The AI gender gap
New Lean In research finds men use AI at work 22% more than women. Learn why the gap exists, what's at stake, and how women can build AI fluency now.
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.
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.