More than a decade after telling women to "lean in," Sheryl Sandberg is concerned that more are leaning out — but not because they lack ambition. Sandberg, Meta's former COO and author of the 2013 bestseller "Lean In," told Business Insider that there's a gender gap when it comes to leadership ambitions in 2026. "This is not the women who are saying, 'I don't want to do it,'" Sandberg, 57, said. "It's the women saying, 'I don't want to do it because I'm not wanted, I'm not getting the same opportunities and the same support, and I face an unfair burden at home.'" Lean In, the nonprofit organization Sandberg founded in tandem with her book's publication, found that, despite having practically identical levels of career motivation as men, women were less likely to want a promotion. Read more about what Sandberg had to say about companies pushing women out at the link in our bio. Story by Julia Pugachevsky (Credit: Getty Images) #leanin #womenintheworkplace #SherylSandberg