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

Book Description

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, Sheryl 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.

In Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself, her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.”  She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the workplace and at home.

Written with both humor and wisdom, Sandberg’s book is an inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth. Lean In is destined to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can.

An Amazon Best Book of the Month, March 2013: Anyone who’s watched Sheryl Sandberg’s popular TED Talk, “Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders,” is familiar with–and possibly haunted by–the idea of “having it all.” “Perhaps the greatest trap ever set for women was the coining of this phrase,” writes Sandberg in Lean In, which expands on her talk’s big idea: that increasing the number of women at the top of their fields will benefit everyone. Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, encourages women to challenge the common workplace assumption that “men still run the world.” She asks men to be real partners, sharing in the family work that typically leads to a woman’s decision to stay home; she asks women who expect to start a family soon not to check out of work mentally. Sandberg’s critics note that her advice may not resonate with the masses: The Harvard-educated exec can afford a veritable army to help raise her children. But Sandberg’s point–which affects all of us–is that women who have what it takes to succeed at the highest professional level face many obstacles, both internal and external. Lean In is likely to spur the conversations that must happen for institutional changes to take place at work. —Alexandra Foster

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Leadership Ambition Gap: What Would You Do if You Weren’t Afraid?
Chapter 2. Sit at the Table
Chapter 3. Success and Likeability
Chapter 4. It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder
Chapter 5. Are You My Mentor?
Chapter 6. Seek and Speak Your Truth
Chapter 7. Don’t Leave Before You Leave
Chapter 8. Make Your Partner a Real Partner
Chapter 9. The Myth of Doing It All
Chapter 10. Let’s Start Talking About It
Chapter 11. Working Together Toward Equality

中文：

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

在美国大学毕业生中女性占50%的30年后，男性仍然在政府和工业中占据着绝大多数的领导职位。这意味着，在对我们生活影响最大的决定中，妇女的声音仍然没有得到平等的倾听。在……里面 往前靠， 谢丽尔·桑德伯格研究了为什么女性在实现领导角色方面的进展停滞不前，解释了根本原因，并提供了令人信服的、常识性的解决方案，使女性能够充分发挥她们的潜力。

桑德伯格是Facebook的首席运营官，在 Fortune《50位商界最有权势女性榜单》 Time世界上最有影响力的100人。2010年，她在一次激动人心的TED演讲中描述了女性如何在无意中阻碍了自己的职业生涯。她的演讲已经成为一种现象，被观看了200多万次，鼓励女性“坐在桌子前”，寻求挑战，敢于冒险，满怀热情地追求自己的目标。

In 往前靠， 桑德伯格更深入地挖掘了这些问题，结合个人轶事、确凿的数据和令人信服的研究，打破了围绕职业女性生活和选择的一层层模棱两可和偏见。她讲述了自己的决定、错误，以及为自己、事业和家庭做出正确选择的日常挣扎。她在谈判技巧、指导和建立令人满意的职业生涯方面提供了实用的建议，敦促女性设定界限，摒弃“拥有一切”的神话。她描述了女性可以采取的具体步骤，将职业成就与个人成就感结合起来，并展示了男性如何通过在工作场所和家庭支持女性而受益。

写得既幽默又有智慧, 桑德伯格的书是鼓舞人心的行动号召，也是个人成长的蓝图。 向内倾斜 注定要改变话题，从女人不能做的事变成她们能做的事。

亚马逊月度最佳图书，2013年3月桑德伯格在书中写道：任何看过谢丽尔·桑德伯格的热门TED演讲–《为什么我们的女性领袖太少了？》–的人都很熟悉这句话，可能还会被拥有一切的想法所困扰。桑德伯格在书中写道，这句话或许是为女性设置的最大陷阱。 向内倾斜这篇文章进一步阐述了她的观点：让更多的女性走在各自领域的顶端将使所有人受益。Facebook首席运营官桑德伯格鼓励女性挑战职场常见的假设，即男性仍然主宰着世界。她鼓励男性成为真正的伴侣，分享通常会导致女性决定留在家里的家庭工作；她呼吁希望很快成家的女性不要心理上放弃工作。桑德伯格的批评者指出，她的建议可能不会引起大众的共鸣：这位毕业于哈佛大学的高管可以负担得起一支名副其实的军队来帮助抚养她的孩子。但桑德伯格影响到我们所有人的一点是，拥有在最高职业水平取得成功所需的女性面临着许多内部和外部的障碍。 向内倾斜 这可能会刺激必须进行的对话，才能使制度变革在工作中发生。&#8212；亚历山大·福斯特

目录表

第一章领导抱负差距：如果你不害怕，你会怎么做？
Chapter 2. Sit at the Table
第三章：成功与讨人喜欢
Chapter 4. It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder
第五章。你是我的导师吗？
第六章：寻找并说出你的真相
第七章：离开之前不要离开
第八章：让你的伴侣成为真正的伴侣
第九章：全力以赴的神话
第十章。让我们开始讨论这件事
第十一章：齐心协力实现平等