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Chart critique: the Women in the Workplace 2024 report

Page 8 of the Women in the Workplace 2024 report (McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org, 10th anniversary edition) states that for every 100 men promoted to manager in 2018, 79 women were promoted, and 81 in 2024. A bar chart gives the ratio for 2018–2024 (2024: women overall 81, white 89, Asian 99, Black 54, Latinas 65); a radial chart gives women's share of bachelor's degrees (59%), the population (51%) and entry-level employees (48%). On reading the bar chart, only the 2024 bars carry number labels.

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Chart critique checklistFive qualities of a good visualisation
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Frameworks applied

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  • Chart critique checklistBefore an analyst puts a chart in a board report, what should they check so the chart tells the truth and lets readers compare what matters?
  • Five qualities of a good visualisationBefore putting a chart in a report or presentation, how can an analyst check that it is truthful, functional, beautiful, insightful and enlightening?

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  1. McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org (2024) Women in the Workplace 2024: the 10th anniversary report. McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org (Women in the Workplace).No DOIwomenintheworkplace.comSource page