The pipeline that supplies the educated workforce is clock-full of women at the entry level, but by the time that same pipeline is filling leadership positions, it is overwhelmingly stocked with men.
The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn’t go our way, he said. There are always things you can do better. It’s a game of mistakes. Sports
The laws that protect women and minorities and people with disabilities, among others, from discrimination are essential, and I am not suggesting they be circumvented. But I have also witnessed firsth...
The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.13
Taking initiative pays off. It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
Studies show that mentors select protégés based on performance and potential.5 Intuitively, people invest in those who stand out for their talent or who can really benefit from help. Mentors continue...
Stanford professor Jennifer Aaker's work shows that setting obtainable goals is key to happiness. Instead of perfection, we should aim for sustainable and fulfilling.
Some of the most important contributions to our world are made by caring for one person
Sit at the table, seek challenges and lean in.
Self-compassion isn’t talked about as much as it should be, maybe because it’s often confused with its troublesome cousins, self-pity and self-indulgence.
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 muscles around our backbone.
Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. It comes from gratitude for what’s good in our lives and from leaning in to the suck. It comes from analyzing how we process grief and...
Progress remains equally sluggish when it comes to compensation. In 1970, American women were paid 59 cents for every dollar their male counterparts made. By 2010, women had protested, fought, and wor...
Professional ambition is expected of men but is optional—or worse, sometimes even a negative—for women. She is very ambitious is not a compliment in our culture. Aggressive and hard-charging women vio...
Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard said that life can only be understood backward but it must be lived forward.
Padmasree Warrior, Cisco’s chief technology officer, was asked by The Huffington Post, What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned from a mistake you’ve made in the past? She responded, I said no...
Over the years, I have repeated Eric’s advice to countless people, encouraging them to reduce their career spreadsheets to one column: potential for growth. Of course, not everyone has the opportunity...
Over the past decade, child care costs have risen twice as fast as the median income of families with children.8 The cost for two children (an infant and a four-year-old) to go to a day care center is...
Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.