Why we have too few women leaders…

Watch this great TED Talk by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO (/rock star) on why we have too few women leaders in the world.

Please repost and share with the ladies in your life, especially if someone you know is counting themselves out or taking themselves out of the running for a goal of theirs, earlier than they perhaps should.

Watch the Talk for more on this, and share with us in the comments below/inside MBAchic about your experience dealing with a situation like this and perhaps how you overcame it.

Why we have too few women leaders…

Vogue

I remember reading an article about her in a past issue of Vogue and being totally inspired – hence the “/rockstar” above. The link is HERE if you’re interested.

From the TED Talk:

women systematically underestimate their own abilities. If you test men and women, and you ask them questions on totally objective criteria like GPAs, men get it wrong slightly high, and women get it wrong slightly low. Women do not negotiate for themselves in the workforce. A study in the last two years of people entering the workforce out of college showed that 57 percent of boys entering, or men, I guess, are negotiating their first salary, and only seven percent of women. And most importantly, men attribute their success to themselves, and women attribute it to other external factors. If you ask men why they did a good job, they’ll say, “I’m awesome.” Obviously. “Why are you even asking?” If you ask women why they did a good job, what they’ll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.

Certainly some reframing that needs to happen. But don’t let us ruin this TED Talk for you. Check it out for yourself and let us know what you think! Maybe you’d like to detail your thoughts while blogging with us at MBAchic!

Why we have too few women leaders…

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg speaks on the TED Women stage in December 2010; the video has since garnered over 12M views globally. The Talk eventually led to her launching LeanIn in 2013. In Sandberg’s words: “After giving my talk, I received letters from women and men around the world sharing their stories of struggle and success. So I founded LeanIn.org, a nonprofit committed to empowering all women to achieve their ambitions. LeanIn.org offers inspiration and support through an online community, free expert lectures and small peer groups called Lean In Circles.“

From TED.com: “Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions — and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite.”