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Anyone heard anything about "Lean In" circles?

groovygrlgroovygrl member
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To follow up to my other post about reading thing book, I'm intrigued by the lean in circle idea...it appears from the website that you either need to create one or be invited to join one but I like it in concept- I wish I could start/join one at my workplace but I am new & don't know enough ppl. Has anyone heard about this or participated? I could see it easily (like a book group haha) moving from the 'purpose' to just a social gathering but I wouldn't mind a mix of both (pretty much how I like my book group!)....

Figured I'd throw it out there & see- didn't get many responses on reading Lean In so maybe I won't get much on this either...

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Re: Anyone heard anything about "Lean In" circles?

  • bakerlmbakerlm member
    My work had a book group but it dissolved fairly quickly because people didn't have enough time to ready.  However, they did start an Insanity workout group.  Obviously I'm not in it right now, but lots of the ladies and anew guys do it about two times a week.  They have been doing it a few months.
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  • bakerlmbakerlm member
    Ok I guess a work out group might not exactly be a lean in group....
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  • groovygrlgroovygrl member

    imageLibraryChica:
    My workplace has a networking group for women. I could see it spawning a leanin circle, but it has been quiet lately. One thing that bothers me about leanin circles is that, at least I have read, they only allow positive stories. I feel a little weird about that.

    Interesting...I really didn't know much about them so I looked at the guides they have posted on their website- I don't think the positive thing is the case. There is a 'worksheet' for member updates that say- best thing that has happened in the last month, worst thing that has happened int the last month, what i'm looking forward to in the coming month, what I'm dreading in the coming month as well as some questions about what ppl most want to talk about, what might prevent them from focusing, etc. It looks like they encourage 2 presenters and those are probably meant to be positive- their experience & how they benefited from it.

    I would think the overall experience is intended to be positive but at a glance it doesnt look like you can only talk about positive things at the meetings... I see what you mean about it being a negative if you can only focus on the positive things but I guess I would also agree w/t heir approach that a featured speaker should be positive- while addressing challenges- but it still would be a nice forum for women to be a bit negative/venting/etc to get support/camaraderie....

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  • TX-BrideTX-Bride member
    My friends outside of work had a book club as they called it, meeting for the first time last weekned and our book to be read and discussed was Lean In. We actually had very interesting conversation, because we all came from different backgrounds, and we all have different professions.
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