US EditionCorporate America ‘risks rolling back progress’ for women, says new report
Only 54% of companies prioritize women’s career advancement while senior women face 60% burnout, the highest in five years, per the 2025 Women in the Workplace report.
- 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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Stat(s) Of The Week: New Study Reveals Gender Ambition Gap
Despite equal devotion to their work, there is a “notable ambition gap” between men and women, according to a new study by McKinsey and Lean In. The Women in the Workplace report, which examined data from 124 companies and 9,500 employees, found that 80% of women want to be promoted to the next level, compared to 86% of men. The gap is widest for employees early in their careers and those at senior levels. Among entry-level employees, just 69% …
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DNyuzWomen at the top are exhausted and burned out, according to a McKinsey and Lean In report
Burnout among senior-level women is at its highest level in the past five years, according to a report from McKinsey and LeanIn.org.Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty ImagesSenior-level women say they're frequently burned out.The burnout level among these women is the highest it has been in the past five years, said a report from McKinsey and LeanIn.org.The report also found that women want promotion less than men — unless they receive the…
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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