'Women are showing up as stronger leaders. 'I'm not so sure we thought we would find findings as strong as they were I knew anecdotally that it was something that was happening,' Rachel Thomas, the co-founder and CEO of, told Protocol. In addition, about one in five women senior leaders spend a substantial amount of time on DEI work that is not central to their job, compared to less than one in 10 male senior leaders. Senior leaders who identify as women were 60% more likely to provide emotional support to their teams, 24% more likely to ensure their teams' workload is manageable and 26% more likely to help team members navigate work/life challenges, according to the report. Over the last year, emotional support, time management skills and work-life balance have become drastically more important and difficult in the workplace - and women leaders were far more likely than men to step in and do that work for their teams, according to the latest iteration of McKinsey and 's annual Women in the Workplace report.
