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

AUTHOR : Sheryl Sandberg

PUBLISHER : Knopf

PRICE : $24.95

GENRE : Business Management

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of

leadership positions in

government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In “Lean In,” Sandberg examines why women’s

progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes and offers

compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential. Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential

People in the World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks and pursue their goals with gusto.