Lean In

　　身為全球前百大具影響力的女性，桑柏格寫的卻不是自傳，而是一股由女性職場生存守則刮起的兩性職場平權浪潮。

　　獲選《時代》雜誌2012百大風雲人物的臉書 (Facebook)營運長桑柏格 (Sheryl Sandberg) 推出首部著作 ‘Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead’ ，希望發揮影響力，透過女性角度發聲，消弭職場上的性別偏見，讓家庭主夫愉快加入下午茶，女性主管掌權不受限。

　　2010年桑柏格受邀到TED創意論壇演講，她於演講指出全球各界職場中，女性位居決策領導位置的比例只有13-20%，而過去十年來比例成長停滯。她認為，造成此現象的主因為：當女性面臨家庭生活及工作成就抉擇時，往往低估自己能力而退卻。因此，擁有麥肯錫管理顧問公司、美國財政部幕僚長、以及Google 全球網路行銷副總裁等豐富經歷的桑柏格，在書中揭露自己一路走來所面臨的職場考驗，完整呈現一個職業婦女可能遭遇的事業及家庭難題，同時輔以專業研究數據，抽絲剝繭，從根本要素分析為何在這個女性權利發展相對進步的時代，女性追求職場成就之路卻停滯不前。

　　在這本非自傳，但也非著重女權運動的著作中，桑柏格以機智幽默的風格，深入淺出分析造成職場領導階層性別比例失衡的原因，務實而具啟發性地告訴讀者「怎麼做」，明確提出一種中庸之道，希望為熱愛自身工作的女性引路，毋須逆流革命，拋下「女強人」凡事事必躬親累人迷思，鼓勵女性順勢而為，在工作與生活平衡的前提下，積極爭取應得成就，在世界舞台發揮決策影響力。另外，她更以全面觀點出發，建議男性如何協助他們的另一半以及同事，共同創造職場兩性平權。期待在不久的將來，男女皆可滿心歡喜選擇主外或主內，並從中獲得喜悅及成就。(文／梅格)

　　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. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. 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.

　　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 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. 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 Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself, her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.”  She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the workplace and at home.

　　Written with both humor and wisdom, Sandberg’s book is an inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth. Lean In is destined to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can.

作者簡介

雪若．桑柏格 (Sheryl Sandberg)

　　現為Facebook營運長，曾任Google網路行銷副總裁、美國財務部幕僚長。現在與丈夫及兩個孩子定居美國加州。

　 　Sheryl Sandberg is chief operating officer at Facebook. Prior to Facebook, she was vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google and chief of staff at the U.S. Treasury Department. Sheryl lives in Northern California with her husband and their two children.