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Overcoming Barriers Into Leadership: What the Data Shows About Women’s Advancement
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Leadership development can help managers prepare for broader responsibilities, whether that means leading larger teams, working across functions, guiding teams through change, or pursuing senior leadership opportunities. As professionals advance, skills such as communication, innovation, collaboration, resilience, and self-advocacy become increasingly important.
At the same time, women remain underrepresented at many levels of corporate leadership. Research highlighted in this whitepaper shows that women make up 49% of entry-level employees, but representation declines to 42% at the manager level, 35% at the vice president level, and 29% of C-suite roles. The paper also examines earnings data and other measures that provide additional context around workplace advancement and opportunity.
Leadership development, however, is broader than gender. Managers preparing for greater responsibility may need to strengthen their ability to foster innovation, engage teams, work across different perspectives, respond to change, and communicate their professional goals.
This whitepaper brings together current research on leadership representation and earnings with the structure and objectives of Emory Continuing Education’s Women in Leadership: Driving Transformation Through Innovation and Resilience certificate. The program focuses on innovation, cultural awareness, engagement, resilience, and self-advocacy, helping professionals build skills that can support their continued leadership development.
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