Seek and Speak Your Truth – As executive staff at Facebook, the author says that she along with others tried to make Facebook a non- hierarchical organization where everyone is free to speak their thoughts and criticism.

An anecdote is given about Clara Shih regularly asking questions in business that showed respect for her mentors' time.

Are You My Mentor? – The advice is given that working professionals need a mentor but that the relationship between teacher and student cannot be forced.

Anecdotes are given about Eric Schmidt's advice to take jobs in growing fields with advancement opportunities, even if they are less prestigious than more established positions, and how Lawrence Summers seemed to be critical with the author, then gave her more respect when she asserted herself. It's a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder – A discussion reconsiders the concept of the 'corporate ladder' suggesting that the climb to success is more like a jungle gym with multiple paths to the top.Anecdotes are given in which Mary Sue Coleman states that in negotiation women in business are often 'relentlessly pleasant' and Arianna Huffington acknowledged that she had to accept a lot of criticism.

In most cases, people found the success of the male candidate to be appealing and the success of the female candidate to be worrisome. The resumes are identical except that one names a female job candidate and the other a male candidate. Success and Likeability – A social experiment is summarized in which two résumés stating business success are presented to various people.Also discussed is the theory that females more frequently than males display impostor syndrome concerns, and the concept of ' fake it till you make it'. Sit at the Table – Anecdotes are given about Peggy McIntosh stating that women are pressured not to accept compliments about their accomplishments, Padmasree Warrior stating that people should consider taking opportunities even if they do not feel qualified to execute them, and Ginni Rometty discussing how she took risks even staking personal failure.The Leadership Ambition Gap: What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid? – Anecdotes are given in which Judith Rodin questions why highly talented women choose to leave careers and become homemakers and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon gives her opinion that a double standard makes ambition be perceived as a negative quality in a woman when it would be positive in a man.The synopsis of the eleven chapters of the book is: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead is a 2013 book encouraging women to assert themselves at work and at home, co-written by business executive Sheryl Sandberg and media writer Nell Scovell.

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