More than fifty years since the passage of the Equal Pay Act, the wage gap still
hovers at 80 percent. Half a billion dollars are spent annually on corporate
diversity programs, yet only 5 percent of CEOs in the Fortune 500 are women.
Lean Out is an ambitious attempt to answer the question few dare to ask: What
have we've gotten wrong about women at work?
Based on in-depth research and personal experiences, Lean Out is inspired by the
journey of Marissa Orr, a single mom of three trying to succeed in her
fifteen-year career at the world's top tech giants. In an eye-opening account,
Orr