About the Book: Lean Out : The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace
Based on in-depth research and eye-opening personal experiences, author and
tech industry veteran Marissa Orr explains why our pursuit to close the gender
gap has come at the expense of female well-being and posits that overhauling the
business worlds paradigm of a "successful leader" will lead to greater diversity
in corporate leadership and foster healthier work environments for both women
and men. After Orr, a single mother of three, spent fifteen years working at
todays top tech giants like Facebook and Google, she became frustrated with the
companies efforts to promote more