57% of men entering the workforce negotiate their salaries, while only 7% of women do. Ouch. This is one of the many powerful messages I took away from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's riveting TEDwomen presentation on why we have too few women leaders. I highly recommend watching this 15-minute talk. Sheryl's comments are game-changing in the same way Gloria Steinem's iconic "If Men Could Menstruate" OpEd was. Specifically Sheryl encourages working women to: Sit at the table Make your partner a real partner Don't leave before you leave (re: balancing having a career & children) These are all lessons she learned the hard way... through her own life experiences as she climbed the ladder from whip smart Harvard undergrad to one of the most powerful women in global business. After reading a recent profile about Sheryl in The New Yorker I felt aglow about the possibilities for women being financially rewarded for the business results they generate without having to tamp down their feminine sides. (While I've never met Sheryl, by all accounts she is warm, kind, supportive of others, and believes in "bringing your whole self to work." A working mom, she's both feminine and ferociously effective in her career).
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