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More men are staying home to facilitate the complex juggle of family life and their wives’ high-powered careers.

Moms have new opportunities with remote work, yet they are still on the hook for most family responsibilities.

Our research makes one thing clear: women are still not equal at work.

Developed with LeanIn.Org, McKinsey’s annual Women in the Workplace report is the largest study of women in corporate America. See our latest 2023 findings.

Managers have an opportunity to help expectant mothers even before employees go on parental leave, Babson Professor Danna Greenberg said.

There are lots of reasons women should feel hopeful about having a career and children.

Exclusive networking among those who have the immense privilege of leisure time is only going to hold women and businesses back, writes Kara Alaimo.

The demographics of work and business are shifting rapidly — and the male-dominated model is overdue an overhaul

Former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns says she balanced work and family by "outsourcing the caring for my kids." Here's what that means, and how it panned out for her.

Even a tiny bit of gender bias can change the trajectory of a career.

A career-supporting partner is a wonderful thing. But it’s not always an option.

In leading their teams and organizations through a crisis, women have repeatedly stepped up to the plate. We celebrate four of these women and highlight the ways they’ve been resetting priorities, demonstrating resilience and agility, and communicating effectively. Then, leadership coach Muriel Wilkins gives advice for taking care of yourself while taking care of the people you manage.

This weekend we welcome Stacey Vanek Smith, NPR host of The Indicator and correspondent for Planet Money, who joined us to discuss her recently released book, Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace. Women have been making strides towards equality for decades, or so we’re often told. They’ve been increasingly entering male-dominated areas of the workforce and consistently surpassing their male peers in grades, university attendance, and degrees. They’ve recently stormed the political arena with a vengeance. But despite all of this, the payoff is, quite literally. not there: the gender pay gap has held steady at about 20% since 2000. And the number of female CEOs for Fortune 500 companies has actually been declining. So why, in the age of #MeToo and #TimesUp, is the glass ceiling still holding strong? And how can we shatter it for once and for all? Stacy Vanek Smith’s advice: ask Machiavelli “with this delicious look at what we have to gain by examining our…

If cultivating a certain kind of workplace culture is important, it shouldn’t be extra work that goes uncompensated, researchers say.

The numbers of women in C-suite positions hasn’t budged since 2019, here are some ways to get things back on track.

For many women, feeling like an outsider isn’t an illusion — it’s the result of systemic bias and exclusion.

An analysis of 360-degree assessments done during the pandemic.

Nearly four million Americans have stopped working or looking for jobs, a 2.2% contraction of the U.S. work force. A smaller labor market leaves fewer workers to build machines and clean tables, restraining the economy’s long-term prospects.

At a time when issues of sexual harassment and consent are in the news, and with the holidays just around the corner, the Girl Scouts have resurfaced a recommendation about how parents can help young girls handle affection.

Well before the glass ceiling, women run into obstacles to advancement. Evening the odds early in their careers would have a huge impact.

The assertiveness movement has taken a male-defined value system and sold it back to us as feminism.

I spend 15 times more than my husband when it comes to personal grooming. But finance experts don’t often talk about the professional cost of opting out.

The US Army has plenty of famous examples of brother generals, but sisters? Now that's another story.

Jill Schlesinger

Currently, 60% of male managers in the workplace say they're uncomfortable with mentoring, working one-on-one or socializing with a woman, according to a survey released by LeanIn.org and SurveyMonkey. That's a 33% increase from last year.

Taking a better-safe-than-sorry approach is unfair to your employees.

According to a recent study.

Heather Backstrom

A few years ago, I conducted research in the United States, Europe and Canada to see how gender differences in communication were displayed in the workplace. The first thing I found was that both men and women identified the same sets of strengths and weaknesses in themselves and each other. Top [...]