Gender Bias: A Problem From Day One Despite their best efforts, most companies struggle to promote women into high-visibility leadership roles. This means gender bias in leadership has become a real issue. DDI’s Leadership Transitions Report 2021 gathered data to provide evidence-based answers for why leadership transitions fail and identify factors disproportionately hurting women’s transitions. The report shows women at every level receive less support in their transition to leadership and report higher stress levels during their transitions. In addition, a larger percentage of men indicated being given clear expectations for success in their roles than women. The bottom line? Women aren’t given the same development opportunities that men are given. This hurts women’s ability to advance, and if they do make it to leadership, it means they aren’t set up to succeed. Another sobering statistic? The