The Lean In

I think the whole book is revolved around the Acquired needs theory too. This is because this theory is the need for achievement, power, and affiliation. Many business-affiliated women strive for such qualifications. Sandberg’s book is how to achieve such goals, also how it is okay for women to be at the top of a company. As many things change in the world; the way people see women leaders have changed too. This book is about how it’s okay for women to run company’s not just households.

The importance of these topics would increase awareness of racism, sexual harassment, and stereotypical situations happening to women in the workplace that need to be addressed. The overall state of what is known are the gender issues and inequality in the workplace. Some women like African American women have designed a strategy to cope with the issues present in the workplace, while others are trying to change the struggle of women hardly reaching upper

In this national conversation about work-life balance, not many have focused on the issue of the struggles of men in balancing work life and family life and how both genders truly can’t “have it all”. But rather the spotlight is focused on the mostly one-sided arguments created in both “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” by Anne-Marie Slaughter and “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg. In both essays, the idea of ambitious women not being able to have it all is discussed, but in reality, nobody

In my second issue paper, I have decided to write about women in the workplace. The concept of women being an issue in the workplace may seem like a strange topic to discuss; however, there are many levels to this subject. In this paper, I will discuss rivalry in the workplace (both male vs. female and female vs. female), financial implications for companies that hire women, and finally the major issue of earnings inequality in the workplace for women.

The author of Lean in: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, Sheryl Sandberg, elaborates on the idea of woman in the workforce and the obstacles they will have to overcome. Sandberg allows the readers to enter the corporate world through the eyes of a female Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, stating that to her surprise, evolving companies such as Google and Facebook continue to be led primarily by males (Sandberg, 2013). The author understands that although some women are comfortable and content being a stay at home mom, others thrive and seek opportunities to become leaders. The book is inspiring for any person who needs to be told to “lean in” and become their own advocate. It also speaks specifically to women who have ever been told they are aggressive or too outspoken when

Women supporting women has been a trend since The “Lean In” Movement began in 2013, as a result of Sheryl Sandberg’s book with the same title. Sandberg’s words have women everywhere re-evaluating their leadership approach and role in the corporate world, by addressing challenges head on, and focusing on what they can do rather than what is presumed they can’t. The movement has led to a revolution in which women have provided one another support through community, trust, and circles—small groups that meet monthly to encourage one another in an atmosphere of confidentiality and trust, with the ultimate goal of changing the trajectory of women and creating a better world for everyone.

Sheryl Sandberg stated in her introduction: Internalizing the Revolution: “Women and men as individuals need to help

Some critics see Sandberg as “capitalist supremacist patriarchal corporate world Sandberg”. Her book encourages competition over cooperation. According to Kate Losse (2013), Sandberg encourages women to maintain a commitment to the workplace without encouraging the workplace to maintain a commitment to them. It is as though Sandberg believes to create a parallel powerful stream of elite women, strong enough to silence male dominators. Many questions like how to change and challenge the patriarchal thinking is left unanswered. Her arguments about women expressing feminism are so glittering that it bypasses the reader to underscore some of the important questions. Another accusation on her is that she is a powerful mentor figure for fiscally

In corporate America women have also became essential. In the recent years there are more women in the workforce than ever. According to the catalyst in the United States “Women's Growing Labor Force Participation Peaked in 1999 at 60.0%. Women share of the total labor force is 46.8%. 56.7% of all women 16 years and over are in the labor force, compared to 69.1% of all men.” (The

I am at odds with the foundation for Sandberg’s feminism, which is centered on the advancement in industry of a select few women, so political boundaries are already drawn. However, the most important thing in personal growth is learning from difference. Sandberg speaks of women being brave, pushing back against male domination, and not only demanding what is ours, but making success of our own. This encourages

Sheryl Sandberg, the current COO of Facebook and the former Google executive has written a book called Lean In, a sort of feminist manifesto about a women’s involvement in the workplace, acknowledging the lack of females in leadership positions and encouraging women to be more assertive in their career goals Her thoughts on feminism were of little interest. More significantly, there was next-to-no public discussion of feminist thinking and practice. Rarely, if ever, was there any feminist book mentioned as a bestseller and certainly not included on the New York Times Best Seller list. Those of us who have devoted lifetimes to teaching and writing theory, explaining to the world the ins and outs of feminist thinking and practice, have experienced that the primary audience for our work is an academic sub-culture. In recent years, discussions of feminism have not evoked animated passion in audiences. We were far more likely to hear that we are living in a post-feminist society than to hear voices clamoring to learn more about feminism. This seems to have changed with Sandberg’s book Lean In, holding steady on the Times bestseller list for more than sixteen weeks.

Sheryl Sandberg was born in a very ambitious couple in Washington, D.C, on August 28, 1969. Having seen how her mother had stopped working to take care of kids, she had the desire to shape the future in a better way for women. The family supported their daughter in all her ventures. She remained to be a topper in high school and carried the same legacy forward to college. She was the topper in Economics in the 1991 batch of Harvard University as well. Sandberg moved on to complete her Master’s in Business Administration.

When you think of high power names in the workplace it's more often than not associated with men. In fact, statistics show that of the top corporate jobs in America only 15% are held by women. What’s even more startling is that of all the fortune 500 CEOs only twenty-one of them are women (Sandberg, 2013). These eye-opening statistics show that although women have made great strides in the workplace throughout the years one question remains; Why are there not more women in leadership positions? Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook chief operating officer and author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead examined the causes of this halt in progress and the possible solutions.

All the leading and developing economies throughout the world are in favor of empowering the women in business. Leading organizations like IBM, Johnson & Johnson, and Ernst & Young are doing exceptionally well to empower the women in business. Several studies have already confirmed that the organizations that are promoting women are able to outperform their competitors on every measure of profitability and growth (Hoobler et al. 2016; Cook & Glass, 2014). However, the overall scenario is not encouraging, and the women are still widely struggling to represent themselves in corporate leadership. Less than 5% of the 1,000 major U.S. organizations have female CEOs (Forbes.com, 2016). Moreover, the glass ceiling (a barrier that restricts women from moving up in the corporate hierarchy to the management and executive roles) and gender diversity widely exist throughout the world.

Sheryl Kara Sandberg is a kind of motivating women and can be considered to be of a role model to the developing she. Her communication style is always enrolling behind the women empowerment and their development. Her style of communication is controversial which puts off about women and work their ambition and success. She has put up all these styles in her first book Lean In published March 10, 2013. She always strived and questioned others about women’s leadership roles and their own success.