Media mention: Bierema quoted on 'Lean In' in wake of #MeToo movement
In 2013, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, mapped out a plan for female success in her book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead.” Five years later, critics are challenging Sandberg’s advice for not going far enough.
In a recent CNN article, Laura Bierema, a professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, was quoted on the book’s message of women’s workplace empowerment, which some have said idealizes the “traditional leadership model” as the only path to gender equality.
Sandberg’s book “protected the patriarchy,” said Bierema, who teaches adult learning, leadership, and organizational development.