Why to women have to decide between family and career if men don't even think about it?
By focusing on her career and taking a calculated approach to amassing power, Heidi violated our stereotypical expectations of women. Yet by behaving in the same manner, Howard lived up to our stereot...
At times, staying in the same functional area and in the same organization creates inertia and limits opportunity to expand.
But while compliant, raise-your-hand-and-speak-when-called-on behaviors might be rewarded in school, they are less valued in the workplace.
Women will continue to sacrifice being liked for being successful.
Feminism wasn’t supposed to make us feel guilty, or prod us into constant competitions over who is raising children better, organizing more cooperative marriages, or getting less sleep. It was suppose...
I truly believe that the single most important career decision that a woman makes is whether she will have a life partner and who that partner is. I don't know of one woman in a leadership position wh...
Ephron insisted, It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications. It will not be anything like what you think it will be like, but surprises a...
Believing it will all work out helps it all work out. A
Writing about joyful experiences for just three days can improve people's moods and decrease their visits to health centers a full three months later.
I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're s...
I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to wor...
Studies from around the world have concluded that children benefit greatly from paternal involvement. Research over the last forty years has consistently found that in comparison to children with less...
She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments.
Sad White Babies with Mean Feminist Mommies.
Now we know that women can do what men can do, but we don't know that men can do what women can do. (Gloria Steinem) (p.120)
Believe you matter and you spend more time helping others, which helps you matter even more. Believe you have strengths and you start seeing opportunities to use them. Believe you are a wizard who can...
And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
'Option B' draws not just on my story but on the research and stories of many people overcoming all kinds of adversity. No one should have to go through challenges and trauma alone.
My grandfather had a paint store. It's what put my mom through college. Small business is part of my family history.