According to a report by McKinsey and LeanIn.org, young women are just as ambitious and qualified as young men, but they are not getting promoted to managerial roles at the same rate. The discrepancy persists at every level of management. By the middle and senior management levels, the lack of women is painfully obvious. For every 100 men promoted to management, only 87 women are. Among African-American women, that number falls to a dismal 54. The report underlines that the typical excuses given for a gender imbalance—that women have lower aspirations or less confidence, or take time off for kids—aren’t the biggest hurdle women face. The big one is that women tend to get promoted on their past performance while men get promoted on perceived potential. That makes it easier for men to get the nod more quickly.

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