Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
Mining the C-suite for women leaders
Diversity & Inclusion | Jobs
September 30, 2021 – Shattering the glass ceiling is a feat for women in many industries, but in mining this effort is particularly challenging. Mining is a “laggard among laggards,” with women representing only 13 percent of C-suite roles, according to results of our global survey.
To read the article, see “Why women are leaving the mining industry and what mining companies can do about it,” September 13, 2021.
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Visual form
Single-panel horizontal dot plot.
Layout / body structure
The chart is built as six horizontal role rows running from entry level down to the C-suite, all sharing a 0 to 100 percent scale across the top. Reader moves row by row, comparing the single blue mining-sector dot against the cluster of gray comparison dots for other industries at the same level.
What is being compared
The chart compares women’s representation by corporate level in energy, utilities, and basic materials, which includes mining, against women’s representation in other industries. It is a level-by-level benchmark comparison rather than a time-series view.
Measurement system
The measurement is percent of employees who are women, plotted on a horizontal 0 to 100 percent axis. Color carries the comparison role, with blue marking the mining-related sector and gray dots marking the other-industry reference points.
Visible structure inside the graphic
Each leadership level forms a single row of dots, with one blue benchmark point and many gray comparator points spread across the same scale. The repeated row structure makes it easy to see whether the blue mining dot sits inside, at the edge of, or to the left of the broader industry pack.
Main takeaway from the visual
The blue mining-sector benchmark sits to the left of much of the comparison cloud across the ladder, showing that women are underrepresented in mining relative to many other industries at nearly every level.
Key standout values or extremes
The mining-related sector sits at roughly 41 percent at entry level, around 25 percent at manager, about 26 at senior manager, roughly 21 at vice president, around 30 at senior vice president, and under 20 in the C-suite. The biggest visual gap comes at the top and middle-management rungs, where many gray comparator dots sit noticeably to the right of the blue benchmark.
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