Book 81: Lean In

This book has been a bit controversial: do women really need to do more to advance their own careers, so there can be a more equal representation of women in higher positions? Or is it the culture of the workplace and really, the overall culture of the U.S. and Canada, with its subtle and not-so-subtle ways of discouraging women from pursuing those higher positions?



I do see the wisdom in focusing on what women themselves can do, and the things we do unknowingly to sabotage ourselves. We can control what we do--we have far less control over the rest of the culture of work and leadership.

As someone who took the "off-ramp" to have a family, after years of singlehood and building a bit of a career of sorts, I felt a little bit guilty during the first couple of chapters. But like many women, I will almost certainly use the "on-ramp" again someday, so these are great ideas to consider for the future. Some criticized this book as being only for young women, just beginning their careers, but there are lots of ideas that apply to women at later stages, like me.