So if Sheryl Sandberg isn't a role model for working women in the private sector, then who is?

[Anonymous]

I'm very disappointed by the lambasting of Sheryl Sandberg in the prior post, because I think she is awesome.
So if Sheryl Sandberg isn't a role model and inspiration to business women then who is?

what successful women do aspiring women have to look up to? Who should be our role models?

[Anonymous]

I am.

Rachel is.

Jen C. is.

Erika is.

Joi is.

Pam is.

I wish you could know them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am.

Rachel is.

Jen C. is.

Erika is.

Joi is.

Pam is.

I wish you could know them

can you share their industry? because I'm in Finance and the only women at the top I know aren't married and have no kids.

[Anonymous]

A role model does not have to be someone famous or rich.

One of my role models when I was growing up was the bookkeeper that worked for my dad. She was smart, compassionate, and could problem solve through every issue that came up. I learnt so much from her working at my dad's business during the summer.

[Anonymous]

I thought the issue with Sheryl Sandberg is that she has money to outsource things, so it's easy for her to tell women to lean in. But it's not like you lean in and automatically start making the kind of money she makes (the kind of money that enables you to hire help to make home life easier).

I don't think she's a bad person, but I think she's out of touch with what most working women deal with, the challenges to leaning in.

That said, I don't think my issue with her is just about professional women and the issues they face but about the issues men and women face in the modern workplace with regard to being expected to sacrifice all other things in life for work. I think too many CEOs write books about this stuff and then expect all other workers to work like they do but without their high pay. So it's one thing to work a 60-hour (or more) week when you make enough money to hire people to take care of all of the other things in life. It's a different thing if you're a middle manager making peanuts and expected to work those hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought the issue with Sheryl Sandberg is that she has money to outsource things, so it's easy for her to tell women to lean in. But it's not like you lean in and automatically start making the kind of money she makes (the kind of money that enables you to hire help to make home life easier).

I don't think she's a bad person, but I think she's out of touch with what most working women deal with, the challenges to leaning in.

That said, I don't think my issue with her is just about professional women and the issues they face but about the issues men and women face in the modern workplace with regard to being expected to sacrifice all other things in life for work. I think too many CEOs write books about this stuff and then expect all other workers to work like they do but without their high pay. So it's one thing to work a 60-hour (or more) week when you make enough money to hire people to take care of all of the other things in life. It's a different thing if you're a middle manager making peanuts and expected to work those hours.

+1

[Anonymous]

erin burnett

stephanie ruhle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am.

Rachel is.

Jen C. is.

Erika is.

Joi is.

Pam is.

I wish you could know them

can you share their industry? because I'm in Finance and the only women at the top I know aren't married and have no kids.

ruth porat - google's cfo, ex morgan stanley has 3 kids.

[Anonymous]

The Notorious RBG!

(I know, not private sector but she also doesn't fit thr Fed exclusion from the other thread)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Notorious RBG!

(I know, not private sector but she also doesn't fit thr Fed exclusion from the other thread)

scotus bench is 33% women and the next time there's a D senate and D president, it'll be pushed up to 44% if not 55%.

there is a real drive for that.

[Anonymous]

Effective role models are those that have similar backgrounds to you that got to where you want to be.

It isn't effective to have a role model be xyz, when you and her have NOTHING in common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Effective role models are those that have similar backgrounds to you that got to where you want to be.

It isn't effective to have a role model be xyz, when you and her have NOTHING in common.

Says who? A well rounded person looks at attributes of many people that are different from them.

[Anonymous]

Rachel and Katherine are leaders in their fields and highly sought as mentors. Folks like Sheryl Sandberg are celebrities but I don't know that they are useful role models for many people. We need more IRL!

[Anonymous]

Sheryl Sandberg has done squat to improve workplace culture to make it easier for both men and women to balance having lives and having jobs. But, I guess, she did get some people talking who wouldn't otherwise.

I posted this in another thread, but if you'd like to have a rich lady who knows all the right people to look up to, you should also read Anne Marie Slaughter's book for an alternative perspective. Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM, is also pretty impressive and an actual engineer. There are several other fairly impressive business leaders on the 50 Forbes Women list.

I mean, I guess I don't dislike her except for the accolades people pour on her make me feel ill. OTOH, part of the problem is that there are so few perspectives from female C-level executives, she probably gets more scrutiny and criticism for the parts she misses than she deserves.

[Anonymous]

Cupcake Brown

Judge Judy