US EditionCorporate America ‘risks rolling back progress’ for women, says new report
The 2025 report shows only half of companies prioritize women's advancement, with women less interested in promotion amid reduced sponsorship and support, data from 124 firms reveals.
- On Dec. 9, 2025, McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org released the 11th annual Women in the Workplace report showing only half of companies prioritize women’s career advancement and a new ambition gap.
- Only half of companies say they are highly committed to women's career advancement, down significantly from a few years ago.
- For the first time in the report's history, women are notably less ambitious than men and less interested in getting promoted to the next level.
- For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 93 women were promoted this past year, with the gap widening sharply for women of color.
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Why are women leaning out of workplace advancement?
Women are less interested than men in getting promoted to the next level, reversing a decade-long trend, according to a new study released Tuesday by advocacy group LeanIn.org and consultant McKinsey & Co.
Large American companies have progressed, albeit slowly, over the past decade in increasing the number of women in managerial and leadership positions at all levels of the corporate hierarchy. However, changes in corporate priorities reported this year, along with employee experiences, suggest that these modest but steady advances may be at risk. This is one of the main conclusions of the latest annual report on the situation of women in the wor…
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Corporate America ‘risks rolling back progress’ for women, says new report
Large US companies have made progress – albeit slowly – over the past decade when it comes to increasing the number of women in management and leadership roles on every rung of the corporate ladder.
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