I don’t believe we have a professional self from Mondays through Fridays and a real self for the rest of the time. “If you want to win hearts and minds, you have to lead with your heart as well as your mind. “A good leader recognizes that most people won’t feel comfortable challenging authority, so it falls upon authority to encourage them to question.” Honest feedback is essential, but getting it can be a problem, Sandberg said. You must also listen so that you continue to learn every day on the job.” You’re going to need talent, skill, imagination, and vision, but more than anything else, you’re going to need the ability to communicate authentically, to speak so that you inspired the people around you. Your strength will come from building trust and earning respect. “Your strength will not come from your place on some organization chart. Build your skills, not your resume….Don’t plan too much, and don’t expect a direct climb.” Move sideways, move down, move on, move off. “As you start your post-HBS career,” she advised, “look for opportunities, growth, impact, and mission. As one of her friends put it, the more appropriate comparison is a jungle gym. Sandberg noted that in the current business environment, a ladder is no longer an appropriate metaphor for career growth. So she sought the advice of CEO Eric Schmidt, who told her that “When companies are growing quickly and having a lot of impact, careers take care of themselves….If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. “The job was several levels lower than jobs I was being offered at other companies,” she explained. Among them:Īfter leaving Washington, DC, for Silicon Valley, Sandberg was offered a job at Google as its first business unit general manager, but she wasn’t sure the position was the right fit. Treasury during the Clinton Administration, and as an executive at Google.ĭuring her 20-minute address, she offered the audience insights into her own life along with a wide range of observations and advice. The chief operating officer of Facebook came to the company after working as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, as an economist with the World Bank, as chief of staff for the U.S. Sheryl Sandberg returned to Harvard Business School where she received her MBA in 1995 to deliver the keynote Class Day speech to this year’s latest crop of graduating MBAs on May 23.
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