MARCH 29, 2013 http://allthingsd.com/20130329/yahoos-marissa-mayer-leans-in-about-how-she-became-ceo/
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just posted a “lean-in” story
on the new
site launched by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in conjunction with her
recent book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.”
Sandberg and her team have been encouraging women to post
their personal stories of when they leaned into their careers and Mayer certainly
does that in her post, including discussing taking the job at the top of the
troubled Silicon Valley Internet company when she was seven months pregnant….
[…]
Mayer took off from Yahoo only a few weeks after she
had her baby son last fall, and she said it has turned out well for her.
“I’ve come to realize that being a mother makes me a better executive, because
motherhood forces prioritization,” she wrote. “Being a mom gives you so much
more clarity on what is important.” … http://allthingsd.com/20130329/yahoos-marissa-mayer-leans-in-about-how-she-became-ceo/
Update: also see - Yahoo Marissa Mayer: The Changing Face of Leadership http://tinyurl.com/cyh46uh
The Tentacle: Yahoo Marissa Mayer: The Changing Face of
Leadership http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5709
By Kevin E. Dayhoff April 3, 2013
In a recent ‘lean in’ story posted on the new website
launched by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Google employee number 20, Marissa
Mayer weighed on how she decided to accept the position of president and CEO of
Yahoo!
No meaningful conversation about the constantly changing
dynamics of technology is possible without fully exploring the rising influence
of women in leadership positions.
The discussion over the role of women in leadership
positions has only increased since the July 2012 essay by Princeton professor
Anne-Marie Slaughter, "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," was
published in The Atlantic and Ms. Sandberg’s recently released book, “Lean In:
Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.”
Getting back to Ms. Mayer; she gave birth to a son last
September. Kara Swisher wrote in the publication, “All
Things D,” on March 29: “Sandberg and her team have been encouraging women
to post their personal stories of when they leaned into their careers and Mayer
certainly does that in her post, including discussing taking the job at the top
of the troubled Silicon Valley Internet company when she was seven months
pregnant…”
Ms. Mayer wrote
in Lean In, “Looking back to reflect on the question: Could I really take
the helm of Yahoo when I was 28 weeks pregnant?
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