Earlier this year, many celebrated an S&P 500 record: 10% female CEOs. My reaction: not good enough. While women are about half the U.S. workforce, they are greatly underrepresented in leadership roles. The Massachusetts Women’s Leadership Index published by the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Nichols College aggregates data about women leaders. In 2023, the commonwealth was scored 50 out of 100 (a score of 100 would mean equal representation); better than 2015’s 36, but still a failing grade.

For decades, researchers have explored factors contributing to leadership gaps: bias in favor of male leaders (it persists), systemic barriers (workplace policies have improved, but challenges remain), home demands (women do more unpaid work), and mentoring (men tend to receive more constructive, strategic feedback).

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