It turns out that people who choose to be single are very satisfied with their lives.
If women want to succeed more at work and if men want to succeed more at home, these expectations have to be challenged. As Gloria Steinem once observed, It's not about biology, but about consciousnes...
If we want a world with greater equality, we need to acknowledge that women are less likely to keep their hands up. We need institutions and individuals to notice and correct for this behavior by enco...
I understood the power of the prayer Let me not die while I am still alive.
I believe women can lead more in the workplace. I believe men can contribute more in the home. And I believe that this will create a better world, one where half our institutions are run by women and...
From the moment we are born, boys and girls are treated differently.
Forty-three percent of highly qualified women with children are leaving careers, or off-ramping, for a period of time.
Feeling threatened by others' choices pulls us all down. Instead, we should funnel our energy into breaking this cycle.
But in my professional life, I have learned to accept uncertainty and even embrace it.
Ask a man to explain his success and he will typically credit his own innate qualities and skills. Ask a woman the same question and she will attribute her success to external factors, insisting she d...
As Allen Rucker wrote about his paralysis, I won’t make your skin crawl by saying it’s a ‘blessing in disguise.’ It’s not a blessing and there is no disguise. But there are things to be gained and thi...
Are you my mentor? If someone has to ask the question, the answer is probably no. When someone finds the right mentor, it is obvious. The question becomes a statement.
A feminist is someone who believes in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.
To really care about others, we have to understand them - what they like and dislike, what they feel as well as think. Emotion drives both men and women and influences every decision we make. Recogniz...
Talk that TED later named Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders). Very
Past my own feelings of guilt and insecurity, I feel grateful. These parents—mostly mothers—constitute a large amount of
Be asking instead how I could become resilient. Resilience is the strength and speed of our response to adversity—and we can build it. It isn’t about having a backbone. It’s about strengthening the mu...
Women need to shift from thinking I’m not ready to do that to thinking I want to do that—and I’ll learn by doing it. My
Women need to shift from thinking I'm not ready to do that to thinking I want to do that--and I'll learn by doing it.
Women are also more reluctant to apply for promotions even when deserved, often believing that good job performance will naturally lead to rewards.8