#@leanin

Hello to all and Happy Holidays! This past week, CNN posted an article about the top thirteen stories they’ve had this year and, not surprisingly, a story of Sheryl made the list!

 Jennifer Kuhle, a woman from Pennsylvania, read Sheryl’s book Lean In and felt that the strong message made her life seem insufficient because she was currently a stay at home mom with two sons. After thinking about the message of the book, she posted, “When the time is right, I'll lean into my career once again, and I know I'll do it with gusto, but right now, my family is my favorite. And I wouldn't have it any other way.”

 Lo and behold, Sheryl Sandberg saw this post and shared it on her personal facebook page with a comment saying, “Of all of the things that have been written about 'Lean In,' this post is one of my favorites.”

 Once again Sheryl has shown that “leaning in” is not just a movement for work but it is a lifestyle. One that says, whatever you are up to in life, give it your all.

New Years is fast approaching and although this semester and class and blog may be coming to an end, the message of “Lean In” will stick with me in the years to come.

 http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/23/living/irpt-personal-essays-yir-2013/index.html

Shirley Au is the President and COO of Huge, a digital advertising company. She began working there in 2004 as the sixth employee and has since seen the firm grow to a six hundred person staff. In the advertising world, women only make up three percent of creative directors. As a woman going into this field, Shirley is an inspiration to me. She had a hand in starting the company and has been able to watch it grow. The work that her company does is groundbreaking and changes the way companies do online advertising and website design. Huge has clients like Target, Disney, JetBlue, and Kate Spade.

To view an example of her work watch: http://www.hugeinc.com/work

Dear Sheryl,

Looking over all the work that you have done to create and build an empire based on what you believe to be the future for professional women, I firmly consider Lean In nothing short of inspiring. The mission to empower professional and non-professional women to take charge in the work force introduces a new wave of feminism where settling is failure. Instead of “if” this will happen, your message resonates “when” change will occur. A growing global fan base is proof of your work’s influence, promoting women to take hold of their career opportunities and not settle for less than they deserve. From the points in your book, Lean In, which sparked what is now a social movement, to the posts on Lean In’s social media platforms, everything has a message of change in the professional world. The stories told by women touched by your influence have moved our college class of only 15 women. Our goal is to expand Lean In’s message to the women throughout our college here at Yeshiva University. To do this, our class has come up with the idea of inviting you, Sheryl, to come speak to an audience of all women learning to mold their careers. This blog is dedicated to you, and your cause to spread courage and confidence to women everywhere doubtful of their professional future. In hopes of contributing to your work, we invite you and your team to help us #Sharethesuccess

On behalf of our class, thank you,