Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Sheryl Sandberg

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Mar 11, 2013 - Biography & Autobiography - 240 pages

The #1 international best seller

In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg reignited the conversation around women in the workplace.

Sandberg is chief operating officer of Facebook and coauthor of Option B with Adam Grant. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TED talk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which has been viewed more than six million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto.

Lean In continues that conversation, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can. Sandberg provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career. She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment, and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women both in the workplace and at home.

Written with humor and wisdom, Lean In is a revelatory, inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth that will empower women around the world to achieve their full potential. 

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While I can relate to a lot of the issues and concepts addressed in this book and I'm most certainly within the target audience that the author was aiming to reach, I don't know how much I really took ...

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I think this is an interesting book to read because any woman may have found herself in at least three similar situations described in the book or she may at any time in the near future. The author ...

Contents

• Internalizing the Revolution: 3
• Sit at the Table: 27
• Success and Likeability: 39
• Its a Jungle Gym Not a Ladder: 52
• Are You My Mentor?: 64
• Seek and Speak Your Truth: 77
• Dont Leave Before You Leave: 92
• Make Your Partner a Real Partner: 104
• The Myth of Doing It: 121
• Lets Start Talking About: 140
• Working Together Toward Equality: 159
• Lets Keep Talking: 173
• Notes: 183

About the author

SHERYL SANDBERG is chief operating officer at Facebook, overseeing the firm's business operations. Prior to Facebook, Sheryl was vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, chief of staff for the United States Treasury Department under President Clinton, a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and an economist with the World Bank.
 
Sheryl received a BA summa cum laude from Harvard University and an MBA with highest distinction from Harvard Business School.
 
Sheryl is the co-author of Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy with Wharton professor and bestselling author Adam Grant. She is also the author of the bestsellers Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead and Lean In for Graduates. She is the founder of the Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to build a more equal and resilient world through two key initiatives, LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org. Sheryl serves on the boards of Facebook, the Walt Disney Company, Women for Women International, ONE, and SurveyMonkey.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
• Author: Sheryl Sandberg
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013
• ISBN: 0385349955, 9780385349956
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Women; Business & Economics / Women in Business