Workplace Bias
Identify common forms of bias and learn practical ways to respond and drive change.
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.
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.
Tips
Why Are There So Few Women in Leadership?
The barriers holding women back at work, from the broken rung to flexibility stigma and maternal bias.
Tips
What Is Likeability Bias? Why Successful Women Face This Hurdle at Work
New research shows women who come across as intellectually capable are treated with more hostility than men with the same abilities. Here's how to counter it.
Tips
How to Deal With a Micromanager Without Hurting Your Career
A micromanaging boss can bottleneck reviews and make you feel like your expertise isn't trusted. Here's how to manage the dynamic without hurting your career.
Tips
The Hidden Rules of Work Every Young Woman Should Know Before Starting Her Career
In school the rules are clear, but at work they aren't — and ambiguity favors men. Here are the hidden rules young women need before starting a career.
Tips
How to Respond When Someone Questions Your Competence at Work
Women's competence is underestimated at work — especially in male-dominated fields. Learn how to push back when your judgment is second-guessed.
Op-Ed
How the Manosphere Is Working Against its Own Cause
The manosphere pushes retrograde ideas about masculinity, but research shows this kind of backlash to gender progress ultimately hurts men most.
Op-Ed
The Hidden Barriers AANHPI Women Face at Work
AANHPI women have the lowest VP-level promotion rates of any group of women. Sue Ann Hong-Whitaker explains what's driving it and how to change it.
Op-Ed
The Pay Gap That Too Few People Are Talking About
AANHPI women earn 83 cents for every dollar paid to white men — a gap masked by high earners. Meet the leader working to close it, community by community.
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.
Findings
The “Gen Z Women Are Opting Out” Story Is Wrong
New Lean In research shows Gen Z women want leadership when companies show they want them. See the data on ambition and what employers must offer.
Findings
How the AI Gender Gap Will Compound the Leadership 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.
Tips
Public Speaking Anxiety: Why It's Different for Women, and How to Move Past It
Women face gender bias when speaking in public, from interruptions to harsher judgment. Get research-backed tactics for building presenting confidence.
Tips
How Do I Manage a Performance Review after Maternity Leave?
Managing a performance review after a hard six months with a new baby? Get advice on giving yourself credit and reframing the conversation.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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 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
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.
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 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 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. Get the data on ambition, promotion desire, and what employers must offer.
Findings
My mother couldn't get a credit card. Here’s how far we’ve come.
Change happens slowly and unevenly. Look back at 50 years of women's progress — the wins, the immense challenges, and how far we still have to go.
Findings
What Companies Support Women in the Workplace?
Learn the key signs a company genuinely supports women, from leadership representation to sponsorship programs and flexible work policies.
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
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
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.
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
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.