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A great commencement or class-day speech sticks with you forever. You remember it when you accept for your first job, and when you quit it.
Too many, unfortunately, offer the same warmed-over clichés, like “dream big,” “work hard,” or “follow your passion.”
But there are some lessons that are truly worth remembering, or so well-said that they stick in the memory longer than just about anything else. More
In Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, “Lean In,” she suggests that part of the problem facing women in the workplace is reluctance from male executives to mentor younger female employees. Is she right? More
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The numbers don’t lie: Women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, but very few of them make it to the top. For over a decade, mentorship of women by women has been seen as part of the solution, and workplaces from Goldman Sachs to the U.S. government have implemented programs to do just that. But what if the person best suited to mentor you is a man? More
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If you don’t have an opinion on Sheryl Sandberg in 2013, you’re not paying attention. Her “Lean In Circles” are hokey and elitist! “Lean In” misunderstands women’s deepest natural desires! She only speaks to elites! Meanwhile, on the ground, “Lean In” is having a very real effect: BuzzFeed editor in chief Ben Smith reported this week that two female employees have referred to Sandberg recently in asking him for raises, and that other bosses — including at the New York Times — are saying the same. “It’s a concrete, if anecdotal, suggestion that Sandberg’s high-profile effort to start a movement is having real consequences,” he writes. More
It’s not often that an academic researcher says she’s “absolutely infuriated” by the phenomenon documented by her own study. But that’s what the conversation about women at work can do to people. More
In less than a month, “Lean In” has gone from being an abstract concept of getting ahead at work to a full-fledged movement for a more balanced, unbiased workforce—not just for women, but for all people. This movement of Leaning In has swept the nation in a firestorm of turning the tables, righting the wrongs, and taking charge of our own professional futures, whatever they may be.
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As I read Sheryl Sandberg‘s “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” I nodded so hard that I worried my neck would sprain. I noticed after a while that the highlight function on my Kindle was turning every page fully yellow.
The takeaway? Succeeding in business—whether that business is a blog, the PTA, or being COO of Facebook—is hard, and nobody can do everything right. But you can try, and you can remain a human being while doing it. More
“Leaning In” is all well and good, but if a woman is really going to follow Sheryl Sandberg‘s advice to devote herself to her career, something’s gotta give at home. A woman with a 5 pm conference call isn’t going to be home in time to make dinner, vacuum the living room, or pick her child up from pre-school. If her husband is “leaning in,” too, that means they’ll need to hire someone to perform all these duties. A new essay by Hannah Seligson in the Daily Beast puts the cost at $96,261 a year. “Don’t just lean in,” Seligson writes, “save up (for the hired help).” Really? More
On the day Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” hit bookstores, people filed up escalator after escalator at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in New York City to see her sit down with friend and NBC special correspondent Chelsea Clinton.
An hour and a half before the event was scheduled to begin, three-quarters of the chairs were filled. Latecomers circled like vultures looking for the odd open seat.
I was glad I had shown up early. More
Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg‘s publicity blitz for her best-selling book Lean In continues, and this time she’s talking with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. “I’ve never worked for a woman,” she says. “I’ve been really lucky, and I have had great mentors and great sponsors.” More
I know, I know, we’re all sick of the term “having it all,” not to mention the contours of the debate itself. But let’s put that aside for a moment, because CNN has put together and actually-very-cool story in which 10 women, including politicians and activists, talk about the moments “when they realized they could — or could not — have it all.” The whole thing is worth reading, but here are some highlights, including wisdom from a senator and an ESPN executive. More
