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Women, work, and the will to lead, coauthored by nell scovell and published by knopf on march 11, 20. Sheryl sandberg is a worldclass business leader who has thought deeply about how to be successful in the workplace, with a particular focus on what it is like to be a woman in business. Facebooks chief operating officer, sheryl sandberg, speaks at a press conference in london on. Sandberg packed theatres, dominated opinion pages, appeared on every major television show and on the cover of time magazine. The book concerns business leadership and development, issues with the lack of women in government and business leadership positions, and feminism. Even in her position, she still felt the pressure of social conditioning, the expectation that women should subordinate. Anyone whos watched sheryl sandbergs popular ted talk, why we have too few women leaders, is familiar withand.