{"id":61220,"date":"2024-06-18T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=61220"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:36:18","slug":"elevate-the-system-elevate-women","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/articles\/white-papers\/elevate-the-system-elevate-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Elevate the System to Elevate Women Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Address These 5 Challenges to Elevate Women at Your Organization<\/h2>\n<p>Scientific evidence supports the wide-ranging benefits of including women leaders, yet we still find ourselves emphasizing the need to elevate women in the workplace and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to change the systems that hinder progress.<\/p>\n<p>This paper analyzes 5 key challenges we must overcome in order to elevate women and support full inclusion and equity for all:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The struggle to get more women into senior roles, despite increased focus and investment on women in leadership<\/li>\n<li>The additional obstacles women face on the path to leadership<\/li>\n<li>How women\u2019s innate leadership strengths can lead them to burn out at a faster rate<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s reluctance to ask for the challenging job assignments and increased exposure that propel careers forward<\/li>\n<li>The systemic barriers that hold women back<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Find out what&#8217;s beneath the surface of these challenges and the actionable steps you can take to elevate women at your organization to drive greater innovation and productivity by downloading our research report.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"d-none\">Download Report<\/h2>\n<div class=\"callOut\">\n<div class=\"h2Display\">Download Report<\/div>\n<p>Download our report, <em>Elevate the System<\/em>, to learn about the challenges facing women leaders today and the actions that can elevate women and lead to greater equity.<\/p>\n<div 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