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Few women in positions of power in corporate america and the problem, she says, may just be the women themselves. heres cnn national correspondent susan candiotti. >> reporter: cheryl sandberg wants women to succeed and says its alarming how far they havent come. >> the very blunt truth is that men still run the world. >> reporter: in her first televised interview to debut her new book "lean in" sandberg tells "60 minutes" that leadership roles for women are alarmingly small. only 21 female ceos...

Few women who make it to the top in corporate america. the problem, she says, could be with the women themselves. heres cnns national correspondent susan candiotti. >> reporter: sheryl sandberg wants women to succeed. and says its alarming how far they havent come. >> the very blunt truth is that men still run the world. >> reporter: in her first televised interview to debut her new book "lean in" sandberg tells "60 minutes" that leadership roles for women are alarmingly small. only 21 female ce...

Lot of hatred sort of swirling around what she was trying to say. >> even before the book came out. >> but she said these things are incredibly personal and theyre incredibly passionate. like women feel them very, very strongly. >> and its complicated. if it were easy, we would have the answers. we dont clearly. >> and women just feel so torn. because women tend to be perfectionists, they want to be the best at their jobs, but they also want to be the best mothers they can be. and so they live i...

Theres no problem being a successful man and women just have to bite the bullet on that cultural reality. >> but does that mean -- thats what the article points out, shes saying that women should act more like a man in the workplace? >> well, no. i dont think thats what she says. i think what shes saying is you need to be aware of that negative correlation between success and likability and figure out your own way to navigate it. youre interrupting me and that is very unattractive in a woman. >>...

Steve kornacki, and professor james peterson. coming up, lean in. lean out. the facebook c.o.o. with equal parts likes and dislikes. stay with us. >> im not suggesting women arent ambitious. plenty of women are as ambitious as men. what im saying unequivocally and unapologetically, the data is clear when it comes to ambition to lead, to be the leader of whatever youre doing, men, boys outnumber girls and women. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brothers keep...

The board room table, and they hold women back from speaking up at the pta meeting. >> soledad will sit down with cheryl sandberg this week. well bring you that interview next week. and all day today, well take an in-depth look at the challenges women face with special coverage what woman want work and family. >> it is so interesting. every time a woman writes some kind of an article talking about how its not possible to have it all, it sets off this firestorm are or even the cover, was it news ...

With voting for his wife who died before the election. but richardson repeated votes that shocked a lot of people. if convicted she could go to prison for 12 years, we tried to reach her or other lawyer, but unsuccessful. the prosecutor says even with the cases theyre looking at three more case that is theyre examining for possible voter fraud. megyn. >> megyn: eric shawn, thank you. well, a fierce debate breaking out now over a new book about women, work and the will to lead. the book is called...

Bold makes sure youll never have to ask him again. we replaced people with a machine.r, what? customers didnt like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesnt let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. whether its leaders in business or politics, in the year 2013 a major question remains. where are the women? among fortune 500 companies, just 21 have women at the helm. in congress, fewer than one in five seats are held by...

>> but does that mean -- thats what the article points out, shes saying that women should act more like a man in the workplace? >> well, no. i dont think thats what she says. i think what shes saying is you need to be aware of that negative correlation between success and likability and figure out your own way to navigate it. youre interrupting me and that is very unattractive in a woman. >> lean in. so once you point out that fact, that people correlate likability and success and say, hey, your...

Blaming women. >> im not blaming women. my message is not one of blaming women. theres an awful lot we dont control. i am saying that theres an awful lot we can control and we can do for ourselves. >> sandberg also says that women tend to be liked less when they are successful and she says thats holding women back. all right, be sure to watch cheryl sandbergs profile by our national correspondent susan candiotti tonight. we will have that in our 10:00 eastern hour. up next in our 5 p.m. hour...