“Matt will make the best dad,” one of my husband’s college roommates told me before Matt and I even started dating. Fast-forward almost 15 years, and his roommate’s casual comment continues to ring in my ears. I think about this frequently as my husband and I navigate our journey of parenting young children, vacillating between […]
I have been wondering, how many other women have “leaned away” from full-fledged career ambition and toward a perceived “safer” path in anticipation of someday motherhood—before children were even on the radar? It is unlikely anyone would have ever pegged me for one of those women. From high school on, I threw myself into an […]
Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In is now everywhere – television, internet, radio and finally, the bookshelves (as of March 11). The message: believe in yourself, give it your all, “lean in” and “don’t leave before you leave.” Ms. Sandberg recognizes that both internal and external barriers prevent women from getting to the top, and she […]
Three Wixii™ Reads Reviewing & Weighing In on Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, by Sheryl Sandberg Why Sandberg Matters for Real Women by Judith Warner “It’s easy to believe that women like Sandberg breathe a rarefied air, or are touched by magical qualities that protect them from the challenges the rest of us […]
Three Wixii™ Reads in Anticipation of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, by Sheryl Sandberg The Absurd Backlash Against Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In” by Michelle Goldberg “Her message isn’t that all women need to be corporate executives or high-powered lawyers or political leaders. It’s that we’d be better off if more corporate […]
Name: Kyoko Takahashi Lin Location: New York, NY Professional Industry: Law Company: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Job Title: Partner WIXII-ISM™ FROM KYOKO: “I very much believe in the Sheryl Sandberg notion of “leaning in,” whether it is to lean in toward your career or something else that you view to be your calling (e.g., […]
