Women do not generally negotiate well when it is on their own behalf their nature and societal norms make such actions unattractive in women. Women are more reluctant to apply for promotions that they deserve, believing that good job performance will naturally result in upward movement men are more likely to ask for the promotion they think they should have. Women feel they need to have the skills before they apply for a position that requires them men tend to look for “stretch” assignments that will challenge them to develop the skills they need after the get the job. Recognizing these differences can help leaders make better informed choices about everything from promotions to choosing the negotiating team for the next deal. Throughout the book Sandberg offers a number of observations and conclusions about women and men in the work place. With the jungle gym image, the view is much more interesting, too. Thinking of a career path in this way opens the mind to new options and possibilities, and is far less limiting. Instead of following one prescribed path, there are multiple paths to success, and room for more people near the top. With this construct, it is easier to visualize multiple points of entry into a career, the possibility of moving laterally, or even down, across, and back up. It's not so much a career ladder as it is a jungle gym. Sandberg quotes Pattie Sellers, Editor at Large at Fortune Magazine, who offers a much better metaphor – think of it as a jungle gym. 
And the view of someone looking up from the bottom of a ladder is… less than ideal.
One enlightening point Sandberg makes early in the book is that the common metaphor of thinking of climbing the “corporate ladder” is the wrong way to look at it. Throughout the course of a captivating and insightful book, Sandberg explores not only the challenges of leading as a woman in the work place, but also shares her thoughts on how current leadership could do better to provide equality for all, and offers strong words of encouragement and guidance for those who are actively leading. Authored by Sheryl Sandberg, formerly a vice president at Google and now Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, I found it to be an interesting, edifying, and very worthwhile read. One of the more recent and popular entries to the long list of good leadership books was Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.
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