Diversity

Don't call your little girl bossy: Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg

Even before Facebook Inc.’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg’s book “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” was released in March, it left people sharply divided on whether Sandberg, who has led a somewhat privileged existence, really knows what she’s talking about when she says women themselves are responsible for not really making it to leadership positions in the workplace.

The manifesto-ish book has generated a debate on gender issues; women, child-bearing and the workplace; men taking on a more supportive role at home and at work; and why feminism concepts need a rethink. In a recorded interview with Mint, Sandberg examines why women always lean back and what can be done to bring them to the forefront.

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