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Lean In
The book in one sentence
Women face real external barriers at work, but they also hold themselves back in ways they can change, and leaning in to ambition benefits women, men and organisations alike.
Who it's for
Women building careers, managers who want to support them, partners sharing work and family life, and men who want to understand why so few women reach the top.
The big idea
Sandberg, then chief operating officer of Facebook, starts from a simple fact: decades after women entered the workforce in large numbers, men still hold the great majority of top leadership roles. She acknowledges discrimination and structural barriers, but chooses to focus on the barriers within, such as self-doubt, holding back and planning for problems that haven’t yet arrived. Drawing on her own career and on research, she argues that women can change these patterns, and that more women in leadership will in turn change the system for everyone.
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