If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
SHERYL SANDBERGIf more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
SHERYL SANDBERGTalking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
SHERYL SANDBERGThe time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
SHERYL SANDBERGThe gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t.
SHERYL SANDBERGI have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
SHERYL SANDBERGIt’s more pressure on women to – if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with your children if you are also doing all of the housework and child care.
SHERYL SANDBERGI feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
SHERYL SANDBERGI know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
SHERYL SANDBERGFeeling confident – or pretending that you feel confident – is necessary to reach for opportunities. It’s a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized.
SHERYL SANDBERGA truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
SHERYL SANDBERGNext time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
SHERYL SANDBERGReal empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not.
SHERYL SANDBERGWe need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
SHERYL SANDBERGSomeone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
SHERYL SANDBERGDon’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.
SHERYL SANDBERGIf you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
SHERYL SANDBERG