Broken Rung
Understand the career obstacle holding women back—and the actions that can help close the gap.
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: 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.
Reports
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Op-Ed
Speaking While Female
Women are interrupted, ignored, and penalized for speaking up at work. See the research on gender bias in communication and what leaders can do about 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.
Tips
No equality at work without equality at home
Women have more power in the C-suite than ever, but housework inequality hasn't budged. See the data and what it means for workplace equality.
Tips
Celebrate the ambition of working mothers
Working mothers are more ambitious than women overall, yet maternal bias holds them back. See the data and learn how to support moms at work.
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 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
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 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
“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
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.