Women are the current workforce and the future pool of leaders
                 According to The Center for American Progress report The 
                 Women’s Leadership Gap (May 2017), women make up:
                 50.8% of the U.S. population4
                 57% of the U.S. labor force5
                 52% of all professional-level jobs6
                 59% of the college-educated entry-level workforce5
                 60% of undergraduate and master’s degrees7
         4 Census Bureau, “Quick Facts: United States”
         5 Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employment status of civilian non-institutional population by age, sex, and race” Current Population Survey (2017)
         6 Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employed person by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,” Current Population Survey (2017)
         7 National Center for Education Statistics, “Table 318.30”
   Talent Pool
    Since 2015, two-thirds of undergrads are women
    More women than men are getting graduate degrees
    Of the 15 fastest growing jobs in the U.S. 13 are already 
     female dominated
     Non-white women owned businesses in the U.S. are the 
     fastest growing groups of entrepreneurs.
        Women lag behind men in leadership roles
           Although holding 52% of professional-level occupations,8 women  
           are only:
           21% of S&P 500 board seats
           5.2% of S&P 500 CEOs
           26.5% of executive/senior leadership roles
           36.9% of first/mid-level management roles
           In recent years, the percentage of women represented in top 
           management positions slowly advances. 
              8Catalyst, 2016 Catalyst Census: Women and Men Board Directors (2017)
              9Catalyst, “Statistical Overview of Women in the Workplace” (March 28, 2018)
         Female managers are better at engaging                  
                               their employees than male managers
       • Employees who work for a female manager are more engaged, on average, than 
         those who work for a male manager, according to a Gallup study of U.S. 
         employees.  Women who report to female managers have the highest 
         engagement, while men who report to make managers have the lowest 
         engagement.                                                                 35%
                     Percentage of employees engaged         31%
                                        29%
                    25%
                 Male Manager        Female Manager      Male Manager          Female Manager
                 Male Employee       Male Employee       Female Employee       Female Employee
     A study in leadership- women do it better than 
     men             Zenger and Folkman- Harvard 
     Business Review
       Research study of 7,280 leaders in 2011.
       “… at every level, more women were rated by their peers, their bosses, 
        their direct reports, and their other associates as better overall leaders 
        than their male counterparts – and the higher the level, the wider that 
        gap grows.”
       On 12 of 16 competencies, Females were rated more positively by the 
        total of all respondents – managers, peers, direct reports and others.