BOOK REVIEWLEAN IN BY SHERYL SANDBERG

Shubhangee Verma14th October 2014

Lean In: Women, Work and Will to Lead

Author: Sheryl Sandberg• Currently, COO of Facebook• First woman to serve on Facebook’s board• Management Consultant at McKinsey• Vice President in Google in Online sales and

operations

Sheryl’s Advices

Leadership Ambition Gap

• Social-psychological problem called Stereotype threat: Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t.

• Assumption: For men, professional and personal life go hand in hand. For women, both is difficult at best and impossible at worst.

Leadership Ambition Gap

Holy Trinity of fear that surrounds women• Fear of being a bad mother• Fear of being a bad wife• Fear of being a bad daughter

Leadership Ambition Gap

Ask Yourself…

What would you do if you weren’t afraid ?

Success and Likability

She refers to a study showing that for men success and likability are positively correlated whereas for women it is inversely correlated. When a man is successful, he is liked by both men and women. When a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less.

Don’t Leave Before You Leave

• Career is like a JUNGLE GYM not like a ladder.• Make your partner a real partner• Parenting – responsibility of both the parents• Don’t stop yourself too early• Believe in yourself.

Lean In• Don’t take the negative feedbacks too

negatively• Do not relate negative feedbacks to your

potential• Find a mentor for yourself• Start talking about your problems

An AnecdoteCompare a career to a marathon. Men and women arrive at the starting line equally trained and fit. You could argue, based on educational attainment, that the women are more trained and fit. But at least equal. And think of a career like a marathon: long, grueling, ultimately rewarding. What voices do the men hear from the beginning? “You’ve got this. Keep going. Great race ahead of you.” What do the women hear from day one out of college? “You sure you want to run? Marathon’s really long. You’re probably not going to want to finish. Don’t you want kids one day?” The voices for men get stronger, “Yes, go. You’ve got this.” The voices for women can get openly hostile. “Are you sure you should be running when your kids need you at home?”

A must-read forThe book is a witty, candid and meaningful read for women and men of all generations.Sheryl provides practical suggestions for managing and overcoming the challenges that arise during career advancement.

QUESTIONS?