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  B-School Spotlights

  Beyond data points: 5 MBA features women should look for in a supportive program

  This blog is sponsored by Indiana University – Bloomington (Kelley School of Business) and written by Tracy James You’ve reviewed rankings and employment stats. But do you have a good feel for the culture of your top choices? Do they provide the support women need to thrive in their MBA program and careers? As you’re […]

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  Career Advancement

  Why Are We Asking What’s Causing the Women’s Retention Problem?

  Most explanations for why women leave organizations are familiar. They point to culture, flexibility, confidence, burnout, or belonging. All of them answer the same question: why are women leaving? That is likely the wrong question. Culture misfit, lack of flexibility, and burnout are lagging indicators. They describe what people experience after disengagement is already underway. […]

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  Articles

  We Already Know Why Women Leave

  What years of data, conversations, and missed signals tell us about retention Women don’t leave organizations suddenly. They leave because patterns repeat. This shows up year after year in research, including McKinsey and LeanIn’s Women in the Workplace reports, and it shows up just as clearly in Forté’s Career Outcomes data and in our conversations […]

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  Early Career

  Is Your Ladder Breaking Before Careers Even Begin?

  When organizations talk about women’s advancement, the spotlight often lands on the C‑suite. Yet for more than six years, we’ve had a name for where the gap truly starts: the Broken Rung. First introduced by McKinsey and LeanIn.org in 2019, this concept describes how women are promoted from entry-level into manager roles at much lower […]

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  Women in Leadership Profiles

  Redefining Yes

  How saying yes with purpose helped shape Alexis Perez’s growth, leadership, and impact at Accenture. Accenture Managing Director Alexis Perez has learned that the most transformative “yes” was the one defined on her own terms. This insight has guided the pivotal decisions in her career, from her earliest internships to the leadership choices she makes […]

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  Articles

  Closing the Gap: How to Unlock the Leadership Potential of High-Achieving Women

  Let’s start with the obvious. Women aren’t short on ambition, brains, or credentials. They’re showing up with MBAs, solid experience, and sometimes even higher starting salaries than men. Yet somewhere between “manager” and “VP,” the escalator to leadership turns into an obstacle course. Spoiler: it’s not because women forgot how to lead. It’s because the […]

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