Mrs Alpha of Silicon Valley

Is Facebook's tough-talking Sheryl Sandberg out of touch?

There's something rather appealing about the mega-rich chief operating officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg. For one thing she's made an impressive number of enemies among her critics, especially female critics. That in itself is usually a good sign.

On the whole these critics dislike the message of her book, Lean In, which is that women don't value themselves enough in the workplace, aren't ambitious enough, don't negotiate well and rarely ask for enough money.

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