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Sheryl Sandberg – Three Takes

Sheryl Sandberg is getting a fair amount of press these days given Facebook's filing last week to go public and her co-chairing the World Economic Forum in Davos this year.   As a result, I have been able to listen to her speak very eloquently at Davos and read about her in both the Globe (Reprint of  a Bloomberg article) and the New York Times.  Every time I see her from a different perspective, however, I am always hugely impressed by her.  I find it somewhat distressing to see how the media endeavours to interpret her intentions, her actions, and her success, subtly questioning her motivations and her commitment!   I have attached the links, so you can see these recent takes on her ...

Robin. Accomplishments, Success, Significance

I asked Robin to tell me about her proudest accomplishments at work. She said: “My proudest accomplishments in the early days were the designations and titles I received and the sales targets I met.  We used to get little gifts for being the highest producers in the office, that sort of thing, and I won many of those in the early days.  So those were fun, nice, trophy-like rewards. Probably the most extrinsic reward I ever had was being taken over by a large firm, which paid off nicely, but intrinsically it was mostly meeting targets and being the top salesperson, which happened a few times, or becoming a vice-president or director that sort of thing. Also, passing all the ...