In 2000, Sharon became the first ever head of the Boston Consulting Group’s Women’s Initiative. Working hand in hand with the firm’s leadership, including the CEO, she set a global ambition for women’s inclusion and promotion. This included leading fundamental research regarding why women stayed at BCG and why women left, with the findings resulting in increased training and support for women as well as gender bias coaching for male colleagues. As a consequence of setting clear recruitment and retention targets, and developing a strong female talent pipeline, 23% of the BCG’s leadership are now women, with the number of female managing directors and partners growing at three times the rate of male managing directors and partners over the past five years. 2020 marked the 10th year that BCG has retained women and men at equal rates at all career steps in the consulting team.
