A quiet career movement, called the "great downshift" is underway, where women are trading leadership roles for individual contributor roles.

Many women today won’t see pay equality in their lifetime. That’s due to forces like the “broken rung” — or the lack of clear paths from entry level or middle management positions into the ...

Sheria Rainey thought she was doing everything right: climbing the corporate ladder in public relations, teaching and human ...

Women in IT say they struggle to further their careers and that workplaces could do more to achieve gender equality. Nearly three-fourths of women in IT said they work longer hours to improve their ...

The broken rung is more pervasive than the glass ceiling in holding women back from career success. Three McKinsey senior partners offer strategies for overcoming it and fulfilling your potential.

The average senior woman leader now holds three professional identities. For years, headlines have warned of women stepping back from leadership, citing burnout, caregiving pressures or ...

Despite decades of effort, gender equality in the Australian workforce is progressing at a glacial pace. While some positive ...

Laura Ten Eyck started working at her family’s business, Indian Ladder Farms, when she was just 5 years old. “My father was a teenager, and started selling apples off the front porch,” she said. Ten ...