Workplace Bias
Identify common forms of bias and learn practical ways to respond and drive change.
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
For working mothers
Learn how to avoid the motherhood penalty with strategies to address bias against working moms, increase visibility, and advance your career.
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
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
Parents are talking with their girls about gender bias — but are they having the right conversations?
Most parents talk to their daughters about gender bias, but few have the harder conversations. Learn what girls need to hear and how to start the discussion.
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
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.