The cold, hard numbers: A wake-up call
When we’re talking equity in the workplace, we’re not dealing in hypotheticals. Let’s cut right to the chase: According to a McKinsey & Company report, Black individuals make up only 4.4% of executive or senior-level roles in companies. For context, the U.S. population is roughly 13.4% Black. A pretty glaring discrepancy, don’t you think? The story’s no different for women, who hold fewer than 30% of leadership roles, or LGBTQ+ individuals, who are consistently underrepresented in management. No way to sugarcoat it — those numbers are both shocking and embarrassing.