You know, have someone in your family go to prison. You want to silence a room? Get diagnosed with cancer. And I think they were so afraid of saying the wrong thing that they hardly said anything at all.Īnd it's not just death which does this, it's really all forms of adversity. A lot of that just stopped and people kind of looked at me like I was a ghost. My interactions before - I would drop my kids off at school and, you know, the parents and I would all wave to each other show up at work and everyone would chit chat. We are very pleased that our partner Kepler's Books will be onsite before and after this event selling copies of Lean In.Īnd, we are very pleased that CSPAN Book TV will be onsite taping this event for future broadcast.On how the people around her reacted to her loss

Our audiences learn about the process of innovation, its risks and rewards, and failure that led to ultimate success. 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.

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. 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. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. 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 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. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. 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. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO, Facebook Her words will help all readers-especially men-to become better and more effective leaders. Lean In combines Sheryl’s ability to synthesize information with her understanding of how to get the best out of people. She has a remarkable intelligence that can cut through complex processes and find solutions to the hardest problems. For the past five years, I've sat at a desk next to Sheryl and I've learned something from her almost every day.

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