Ⅰ.Brief Introduction to the Speaker

Sheryl Kara Sandberg（born on August 28,1969）is an American technology executive, activist, and author.She is the Chief Operating Officer（COO）of Facebook and founder of Leanin.org.In June 2012，she was elected to the board of directors by the existing board members, becoming the first woman to serve on Facebook's board.

At TEDWomen in 2010 Sandberg made the bold decision to talk about the experience of being one of very few women at the C-level of business.She noted that many women, in anticipating having a family,“lean back”from leading at work.

After her TED Talk took off, Sandberg wrote and released her first book, Lean In:Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, on March 11,2013.It is about business leadership and development, issues with the lack of women in government and business leadership positions, and feminism.

Lean In is a book for professional women to help them achieve their career goals and for men who want to contribute to a more equitable society.The book argues that barriers are still preventing women from taking leadership roles in the workplace, barriers such as discrimination, blatant and subtle sexism, and sexual harassment. Sandberg claims there are also barriers that women create for themselves by internalizing systematic discrimination and societal gender roles. Sandberg argues that in order for change to happen women need to break down these societal and personal barriers by striving for and achieving leadership roles.The ultimate goal is to encourage women to lean in to positions of leadership because she believes that by having more female voices in positions of power there will be more equitable opportunities created for everyone.