Book Review: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Book Review: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
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Lean In is an empowering guide for women navigating the corporate world
In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg aims to help women to identify the obstacles facing them in the workplace and take proactive steps to counter them. In doing so, readers will be able to develop their leadership skills, set ambitious goals and ultimately progress further in their careers. This clear and detailed summary and analysis is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to understand Sandberg’s bestselling book: it features a thorough explanation of her aims, the main concepts explored in her work, including internal and external barriers and gender stereotyping, and a discussion of her advice for women in the workplace. It also provides an introduction to the background to the book, a discussion of its impact and an overview of the main criticisms that have been leveled at Sandberg, giving you everything you need to understand this influential book in just 50 minutes.
This accessible and insightful 44-page summary and analysis is structured as follows:
- Lean In
- Context
- The author: Sheryl Sandberg
- Context and background
- Summary of Lean In
- Internalizing the revolution
- Managing a career
- Communication is key
- Motherhood and work
- Impact of Lean In
- Reception
- Criticism
- Legacy
- Summary
About Lean In
The starting point for Lean In was Sherly Sandberg’s observation that the further she advanced in her career, the men around her continued to rise, while many of their female counterparts scaled back their ambitions or dropped out of the workforce altogether. Indeed, women are drastically underrepresented in leadership positions in the corporate and political worlds. In her bestselling book, Sandberg outlines the reasons for this and provides a blueprint to help women to take charge of their own careers.
About Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook’s chief operating officer and regularly features on Fortune magazine’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. After graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard College and obtaining her MBA from Harvard Business School, she worked at McKinsey and Company, at the US Treasury during the Clinton administration and at Google before being offered the Facebook COO post by Mark Zuckerberg. She became the first woman on the company’s board, and is also known for her bestselling book Lean In.
Product details
ISBN | 9782808017404 |
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Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
Series | 50MINUTES.COM – Book Review |
Format | |
Pages | 44 |
File size | 2.8 MB |