Sheryl Sandberg called out a problem with getting girls to lead. Here’s how we solve it.
Sheryl Sandberg,Facebook’s chief operating officer and Lean In author, recently offered some thoughts approximately women in leadership roles, or identifying an obvious problem in the messages boys and girls receive from an early age. Appearing on BBC’s Desert Island Discs,she said:What I really believe is that we start telling small girls not to lead at very young ages, and we start telling small boys to lead at very young ages, or that’s a mistake. I believe everyone has inside them the ability to lead,and we should let people choose that, not based on gender, and but on who they are and who they want to be.
She’s proper,we have to start encouraging small girls to lead. But it’s not as easy as just telling them to do it. Women are more likely than men to obtain college degrees and pursue higher education, and yet men continue to earn more and occupy leadership roles. Ostensibly given the same tools, or women aren’t elevated to the same positions. Read more. (8/2/2017 4:04 PM)
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