CHM Revolutionaries: Lean In- Women, Work, and the Will to Lead with Author Sheryl Sandberg

[Recorded: May 8, 2013]
For the past five years, I've sat at a desk next to Sheryl and I've learned something from her almost every day. She has a remarkable intelligence that can cut through complex processes and find solutions to the hardest problems. Lean In combines Sheryl's ability to synthesize information with her understanding of how to get the best out of people. The book is smart and honest and funny. Her words will help all readers—especially men—to become better and more effective leaders.

- Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO, Facebook

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.

Join Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt as he moderates what is certain to be a fascinating conversation with Sandberg about women, leadership and so much more.

This event is part of the Museum's acclaimed Revolutionaries speaker series, featuring renowned innovators, business and technology leaders, and authors in enthralling conversations often with leading journalists. Our audiences learn about the process of innovation, its risks and rewards, and failure that led to ultimate success.

Lot Number: X6828.2013
Catalog Number: 102746826

[Nketsi_kets]

I love Sheryl. So great to be watching these videos again.

[sandraskinner]

Being a female civil engineer with a masters in construction law working in today's oil and gas construction industry (a male dominated environment) I have experiencing, first hand, many years of this subtle (and often not so subtle) discrimination against woman in large corporations. I applaud Sheryl's book as well as her efforts to open up this debate within western industry and society....and hope it forges an easier pathway for my two teenage daughters

[MonaGallant]

excellent! I really appreciate how real she is about life, about herself. What is great is, along with her strategies, she is not blaming men or blaming this or that... she provided a means of communication, not victimization.

[rajan]

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[PeaceAkaShanti]

Hi Rupa,

Sheryl, in this segment spoke about Margaret Thatcher being the only women world leader at that point in time(1979). Mrs. Gandhi was not PM of India in 1979 after the emergency act. It was Charan Singh (1979-1980). Check the list of Indian Prime Minister's in wikipedia.

First female state of head :In 1960 Sirivamo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka became the world's first female elected Premier Minister.

Bintha Surendran

[singha]

Sheryl gets it wrong about Maggie Thatcher being the only female PM- there were two other female PMs before MT arrived on the scene- Indira Gandhi (in office from 1966), Golda Meir (in office from 1969), plus of course Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician and the modern world's first female head of government from 1960 onwards.

[MantaRayOfDoom]

Sheryl Sandberg would have been a nobody without Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and now mark Zuckerberg, now this make even more sense!

[AnilaMirza]

Sheryl is a true inspiration, she's really brave.But we-the common women and men-we fight over sexist issues so much that often we often forget that we both are human beings.we are equal, even our goal is the same - we forget it and so we fight.

[Zanitazanita]

So many men whining about feminism on this video. Did you even watch it? I'm embarrassed for you. This discussion is about women become leaders in society, where gender diversity is sorely lacking.

[PeaceAkaShanti]

THANK you Sheryl for being an inspiring leader!!! More power to you...

[RupaDachere]

Data that is erroneous in this talk: Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India in 1966 - 13 years prior to Margaret Thatcher who was elected PM in 1979. So, M. Thatcher was *not* the first PM in the world. I believe it was Indira Gandhi.

[blueberrychunk]

Ahh nikki didnt realise I'd find you here!
She really is amazing! and so are you!

[Jenab]

The decision of a career woman to stay in her career while postponing childbirth might lead to her having more money and, hence, the ability to afford childcare with greater ease. But, at the same time, her biological fertility is diminishing, and the difficulty and the risk of maternal mortality that she will have with the birth of her first baby are increasing. Sure, sure... do you own calculus, woman! But natural selection has the final say in what your grade is in that particular math class.

An anecdote: My former sister-in-law was a model with acting ambitions; she delayed her first pregnancy until it was almost too late, then tried to catch the Last Train to Motherhood... and miscarried. She's half-crazy now, diagnosed with depression, takes drugs (for most of which she has a doctor's prescription), and watches herself age through her sixties in her bedroom mirror, her Darwin Award bright and shiny in her mind's eye.

[shahilagh]

i commented on her talk 2 years ago. i didnt agree with her. in 2 years, i understand and face similar issue.
it is frightening that 2 years and the experience of leading at work made me realise this problem is real..and unfairness exists ..

[mohamedrafireporter]

Direct and indirect comment to me mom. Thank u

[TMM-N]

Sandy...
Women are taking anthropology and social science as their master degree.
It is not men's fault..

[AThomasKent]

Is anyone else uncomfortable that Eric brought the 30% off copy of Lean In to the interview?

[gauravkarwal]

just to offset - "lean in" isnt a book that only women should read - its more imp for men to read it

[VtRD]

Listen to the story at about 18:15 in the video. THAT one illustrates why Sandberg needs to keep telling her story. 

[hypnoconnect]

14:30 - Some of them have babies and leave the workforce... you can't do much about biology.