Career advancement is tough for everyone—but for women, it can feel particularly elusive. There’s a reason for that, according to the new book The Broken Rung: for every 100 men promoted early in their careers, only 81 women experience that same opportunity. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, the book’s authors, McKinsey Senior Partners Kweilin Ellingrud, Lareina Yee, and María del Mar Martínez, join McKinsey Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to discuss the challenges that can limit professional women’s progress—as well as the approaches some have used to find their footing and continue to climb the career ladder successfully. 

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Career advancement is tough for everyone&mdash;but for women, it can feel particularly elusive. There&rsquo;s a reason for that, according to the new book <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/the-broken-rung?cid=brokenrung25-pse-ggl-mbm-m01-brokenrung25-nsa-oth&amp;keyword=mckinsey%20book&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwp8--BhBREiwAj7og19NoAaegPejLmBPNwBgJN4XDg0lPk_ZeLIWitBAVDo_JbdV7RfqmXBoC9bMQAvD_BwE">The Broken Rung</a>: for every 100 men promoted early in their careers, only 81 women experience that same opportunity. On this episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, the book&rsquo;s authors, McKinsey Senior Partners <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/kweilin-ellingrud">Kweilin Ellingrud</a>, <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/lareina-yee">Lareina Yee</a>, and <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/maria-del-mar-martinez">Mar&iacute;a del Mar Mart&iacute;nez</a>, join McKinsey Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to discuss the challenges that can limit professional women&rsquo;s progress&mdash;as well as the approaches some have used to find their footing and continue to climb the career ladder successfully.&nbsp;
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Theme music is composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

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Our flagship series The McKinsey Podcast takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey & Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.

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