1、Women in the Workplace2023About the studyWomen in the Workplace is the largest study on the state of women in corporate America.1 In 2015,McKinsey&Company and LeanIn.Org launched the study to give companies insights and tools to advance gender diversity in the workplace.Between 2015 and 2023,over 90

2、0 companies participated in the study,and more than 450,000 people were surveyed on their workplace experiences.This year,we collected information from 276 participating organizations employing over 10 million people,surveyed more than 27,000 employees,and conducted interviews with people of diverse

3、 identities,including women of color,LGBTQ+women,and women with disabilities.2 Sign up to participate in the 2024 study at .2|WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE:ABOUT THE STUDY9131622PART 1 State of the pipeline5Table of ContentsIntroduction 43|WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE:TABLE OF CONTENTSPART 2 Debunking four myths

4、 on the state of womenOn womens ambitionOn womens career progressionOn womens everyday experiences On flexibility and the future of work8PART 3 Recommendations for companies29AcknowledgmentsReport authorsCorporate pipeline by industryMethodologyEndnotes4243444648Debunking Four Myths That Hold Women

5、BackFor the ninth year of the Women in the Workplace report,we start with the corporate pipeline because it offers a birds-eye view of the state of women in corporate America.The story is both encouraging and frustrating.Over the last several years,there have been sizable gains in senior leadership.

6、3 This is an important step in the right direction and shows what companies can accomplish when they focus their efforts on a well-understood problem.However,with lagging progress in the middle of the pipelineand a persistent underrepresentation of women of colortrue parity remains painfully out of