Companies are strengthening the pipeline of female talent not only through hiring but also by promoting more women into management roles. Together, these efforts are helping to raise the overall share of women in leadership.
Compared to their share of the overall workforce, men receive more promotions than women. While women make up 40% of all employees in the sample, they account for only 38% of promotions. However, this is still higher than the current share of women in management (32%), indicating that promotions are contributing to the growth of the female talent pipeline.
At the same time, with women making up 38% of promotions but 46% of non-management positions, it’s clear that the talent pool at the non-management level is not being fully utilized.
As with recruitment, the largest gender differences in promotions are also evident in the age group between 31 and 40. However, the gap of 10 percentage points is even slightly larger than in recruitment.
