Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Kara Sandberg is an American technology executive, activist, and author. She is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook and founder of Leanin.org. In June 2012, she was elected to the board of directors by the existing board members, becoming the first woman to serve on Facebook's board. Before she joined Facebook as its COO, Sandberg was Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google and was involved in launching Google's philanthropic arm Google.org. Before Google, Sandberg served...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth28 April 1969
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not writing about things other women do. I'm writing for other women to have more self-confidence because I need it myself! And if more women were in power, I would feel more comfortable.
We need to talk more openly about mentorships and sponsorships. Women don't get the mentoring, and particularly the sponsors, they need to succeed as much as men.
We need to start talking about child-rearing in the workplace.
We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel." Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will get a mentor.
Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
You need to feel that you're making a difference.
Pages on Facebook are allowed to be anonymous. That is really important. People start revolutions; we need anonymity.
Women need to shift form thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn by doing it.
I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.
It's not a lot of money in the face of all the world's problems, so we want to make sure to get the most out of it.
We have a desire to do things at scale, and by scale we mean the kinds of things that can touch not just millions, but hundreds of millions of people, and an approach that combines real innovation, technically and otherwise,
We want to do something that is innovative.
This can grow over time as potentially our stock or our profits increase.
Don't let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you're capable of unless you try.