Women in Leadership

5 Proven Ways for photo of woman smiling as she consider ways organizations are Attracting, Retaining, and Developing Women Leaders

Formal policies are just one piece of what’s needed to attract, develop, retain, and promote talented women in your organization.

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Explore how the promotion decision‐making process contributes to the differential advancement of women and men in organizations. Study investigates how promotion criteria, processes, and decision-making patterns either facilitate or hinder diversity in leadership ranks, identifying

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Examine our Glass Ceiling Benchmark Survey findings on human resources professionals’ views on diversity importance, organizational effectiveness in achieving diversity, barriers affecting nontraditional manager mobility, and prevalence and importance of practices

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Examine gender differences in managers’ developmental job experiences, comparing men’s and women’s opportunities. Study reveals differential access to stretch assignments, challenging projects, and career-advancing experiences affecting leadership development.

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Understand common beliefs about promotion (versus reality), examining factors that actually predict advancement. Study reveals discrepancies between managers’ perceptions of what drives promotion and organizational practices, exposing misaligned expectations and political

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Explore a study of executive women examining their managerial behaviors. Research includes an excerpt from the authors’ book, Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can Women Make It to the Top in America’s Largest Corporations?