The leadership lessons in Sheryl Sandberg’s and Adam Grant’s new book about resilience and grief

The Washington Post:

Sheryl Sandberg’s long-awaited book is out on what she learned about becoming resilient and coping with grief following the sudden death of her husband, Silicon Valley executive Dave Goldberg, in 2015. It’s an intimate, largely personal book about how she coped with the devastating loss of a spouse, how she helped her children through the tragic loss, and how Sandberg helped herself rebuild her confidence, compassion to herself and capacity to find joy in the aftermath.

But within the Facebook chief operating officer’s second book — written with her friend and collaborator Adam Grant, a popular Wharton professor and organizational psychologist — there are also some ideas for those who haven’t lost a close loved one. There are lessons for leaders who want to make organizations more resilient, help employees recover from a loss — or crisis — and create workplaces that are more prepared to deal with failure. The Post spoke with Grant about how Sandberg has changed as a leader, why most workplaces are so incongruous with grief, and what managers really should say — and do — when an employee faces a family loss. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

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