Study: Women leaning in, but still face obstacles
A new survey of working women conducted by McKinsey & Co., in partnership with LeanIn.org, released last week revealed how they view moving into the upper ranks of their career and the obstacles they often face when attempting to “lean in.”
Furthermore, the 2016 Women in the Workplace survey drills into the reasons that for every 100 women promoted to a manager’s position, 130 men are promoted,BizWomen.com reports.
Among the key findings from the survey, which examined pipeline data from 132 companies employing 4.6 million and surveyed employees and management:
- Very few women are in line to become CEO.
- Women are negotiating as often as men, but face pushback when they do.
- Women get less access to senior leaders.
- Women are less likely to receive feedback.
- Women are less interested in becoming top executives.
BizWomen.com also provided evidence supporting each finding.
“Last year’s report concluded that we were 100 years away from gender equality in the C-suite. A year later, we’re not much closer — and that is not just bad for women, it’s bad for our companies and our economy,” Sheryl Sandberg, founder of LeanIn.org,wrote for The Wall Street Journal. “Women are still underrepresented at every corporate level and hold less than 30% of roles in senior management.”
These challenges are more pronounced for women of color, Sandberg continued.They make up the most underrepresented group in the corporate pipeline and experience the deepest drop-offs in middle and senior management, despite the fact that women of color are more likely than white women to say they want to be top executives.
The full 2016 Women in the Workplace report is available online.
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