The new generation of young women leaders is not short on ambition: 80 percent of women say they want to be promoted, according to the largest annual study of women in corporate America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That same research points to sponsorship and support gaps, not a skills deficit, as the real barrier holding many members of the new generation of young women leaders back from reaching the roles they say they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No single named study defines exactly what “the new generation of young women leaders” needs, despite how often that phrase gets used in career content. This guide instead pulls together the actual, sourced data from the major organizations tracking this question, separates what the research really shows from what gets assumed, and points to real, named programs building the specific skills that do make a measurable difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n