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For the first time since S&P Global Market Intelligence began tracking the data in 2006, the percentage of top executive jobs held by women in corporate America declined last...

Womens share of coveted executive roles dropped in 2023 for the first time in nearly two decades, according to a recently published report from researchers who see it as possibly an "alarming turning point" in the path toward gender parity in corporate America.

Womens share of coveted executive roles dropped in 2023 for the first time in nearly two decades, according to a recently published report from researchers who see it as possibly an "alarming turning point" in the path toward gender parity in corporate America.

The stalling of women’s progress in the upper echelons of corporate America is “troubling,” said Ellen Kossek, professor of management at Purdue University. “We’re moving backward,” she said.

S&P Global noted that the growth rate of women in senior leadership roles more broadly notched its lowest increase in more than 10 years in 2023, rising only 0.5%.

S&P Global noted that the growth rate of women in senior leadership roles more broadly notched its lowest increase in more than 10 years in 2023, rising only 0.5%.