We Compromise Our Career Goals To Make

If More Women Are In Leadership Roles, We'll Stop Assuming They Shouldn't Be.

Fear Is At The Root Of So Many Of The Barriers That Women Face. Fear Of Not Being Liked. Fear Of Making The Wrong Choice. Fear Of Drawing Negative Attention. Fear Of Overreaching. Fear Of Being Judged. Fear Of Failure. And The Holy Trinity Of Fear: The Fear Of Being A Bad Mother/wife/daughter.

At Facebook, We Try To Be A Strengths-based Organization, Which Means We Try To Make Jobs Fit Around People Rather Than Make People Fit Around Jobs. We Focus On What People's Natural Strengths Are And Spend Our Management Time Trying To Find Ways For Them To Use Those Strengths Every Day.

Women Systematically Underestimate Their Own Abilities.

Men Can Comfortably Claim Credit For What They Do As Long As They Don't Veer Into Arrogance. For Women, Taking Credit Comes At A Real Social And Professional Cost.