1. WHY MEN GET MORE PROMOTIONS THAN
WOMEN?
Submitted By
Sumit malhotra

2. A CATALYST SURVEY OF OVER 4000,HIGH
POTENTIALS SHOWS THAT MORE WOMEN
MENTORED COMPARE TO MEN
YET WOMEN ARE PAID $4,600 LESS IN THEIR
FIRST POST MBA JOBS , HOLD LOWER LEVEL
POSITIONS ,AND FELL LESS CAREER
SATISFACTION

3. MENTORSHIP

4. WHY MENTORING FAILS WOMEN
 Although more women than men in the
2008 Catalyst survey report having
mentors, the women's mentors have less
organizational clout.
 Despite all the effort that has gone into
developing the women since 2008, the
follow-up survey in 2010 reveals that the
men have received 15% more promotions.

5. ARE WOMEN AS LIKELY AS
MEN TO GET MENTORING ??

6. YES…
Inthe 2008 catalyst survey83%of women and
76%of men say they ‘ve had at least one mentors at
some point in there careers.
21%of women they have’ve had four or more
mentors, compared with 15% of men

7. DOES MENTORING
PROVIDE THE SAME
CAREER BENEFITS TO MEN
AND WOMEN?

8. NO…
Among survey participant who had active
mentoring relationships in 2008 fully 72% of men
had received one or more promotions by 2010
compared with 65%of the women.

9. DO MEN AND WOMEN
GET THEIR MENTORS IN
THE SAME WAY?

10. YES …
Most men and women 67% of the groups combined
found their mentors on their own ,relaying on
personal networks .just 18%of women and 16% of
men formed their mentoring relationships with the
help of formal programs

11. DOES HAVING FORMAL
VERSUS INFORMAL
MENTORS MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF
PROMOTION?

12. YES…
Women who had found mentors through formal
programs had received more promotions by 2010
than who had found mentors on their own . Among
all the participants who had found mentors their
own the men received more promotions than the
women
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14. SPONSORSHIP THAT WORKS
 Impatientwith the speed at which women
are reaching the top levels, many leading-
edge companies we work with are
converging on a new set of strategies to
ensure that high-potential women are
sponsored for the most-senior posts.