HBR.ORGFromtheEditorwhereAreAlltheWomen?Idon'tthinkI'veevermetaworkingmotherwhosaysshe'shappywithherwork-lifebalance.Toaperson,thesewomensaytheyfeelinadequatebothasprofessionals(becausetheyaren'tspendingmoretimeintheoffice)andasmothers(becausetheyaren'tspendingmoretimewiththeirkids).There'snoreasonwhyworkingfathersshouldn'tfeelequallyconflicted.Butbyandlarge,wedon't,andthatnodoubtcontributestotheunhealthyprepon-deranceofmeninleadershippositions.It'soneoftheissuesthatSherylSandherg,theCOOofFacebook,addressesinhernewbook.LeanIn:Women,Work,andtheWilltoLead.Shehasanactivepar-allelcareeradvisingambitiousprofessionalwomenonhowtoreachforthetop.ImetwithSandbergatFacebook'sMenloParkofficeshortlybeforethebook'spublicationtotalkaboutherideasandthechallengessheherselfhasfaced.Theinterviewappearsonpage84andcanbeheardathbr.org.WomeninleadershipisatopicthatHarvardBusinessSchool,too,isaddress-inginabigway.Itwas50yearsago—only50yearsago—thatHBSfirstadmittedwomentoitsfull-timeMBAprogram.Tocommemoratethatanniversaryandtoexaminecriticalissuesrelatingtowomen'scareers,HBScreatedanacademicconferencetitled"GenderandWork:ChallengingConventionalWisdom"(Febru-ary28-March1)andtheW50Summit(April4-5),aprogramfocusedonaccel-eratingtheadvancementofwomenleaderswhomakeadifferenceintheworld.Sandberg,anHBSalum,agreedtobepartofthesummit.AndsheiskeepingtheconversationgoingviahernewlycreatedLeanInCommunity,atleanin.org.HBRwillcontinuetocoverthetopicaswell.TheVisionStatementinthisissue(page30)looksatthedegreetowhichcountriesempowerwomeninthework-forceandtheresultingimpactonGDP;andourSpotlightnextSeptemberwillbeonwomenandleadership.AdiIgnatius,EditorinChief12HarvardBusinessReviewApril2013nteractionCEOsWhoHaveDeliveredovertheLongRunHeavilybasingthelistoftopCEOsontheircompanies'shareholderreturnshowsanobsessionwiththatmetric.Sure,share-holederreturnisakeyindicator,butwhataboutCEOswiththecouragetofocusonotherkindsofvalue?KrishnaGaddam,directorofmanufacturingtechnology,ChempreneHBRarticlebyMortenT.Hansen,...
