As a child I never thought about what I wanted to be, but I thought a lot about what I wanted to do.
I'm not telling women to be like men. I'm telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.
Almost three million Americans are caring for an adult with cancer, which takes an average of thirty-three hours a week.
Women can enter (...) negotiations with the knowledge that showing concern for the common good, even as they negotiate for themselves, will strengthen their position.
Within traditional institutions, success has often been contingent upon a woman not speaking out but fitting in, or more colloquially, being one of the guys.
Sit at the table, seek challenges and lean in.
Professor Rosalind Chait Barnett of Brandeis University did a comprehensive review of studies on work-life balance and found that women who participate in multiple roles 36 actually have lower levels...
Owning one’s success is key to achieving more success.
Over the past decade, child care costs have risen twice as fast as the median income of families with children.
Okay, so all a woman has to do is ignore society's expectations, be ambitious, sit at the table, work hard, and then it's smooth sailing all the way. What could possibly go wrong?
It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
In the United Kingdom, women face wage penalties for time out of the labor force as well, with British mothers' average annual earnings decreasing by roughly 13 percent per child. (p.102)
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, you don’t ask what seat. You just get on. I
If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress.
INTRODUCTION
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh or surprises anyone, but this is where we are. If you want the outcome to be different, you will have to do something about it.
I promise I will raise your children as Vikings fans even though I know nothing about football and I’m pretty sure that team never wins.
I have seen this dynamic play out over and over. When a woman excels at her job, both male and female coworkers will remark that she may be accomplishing a lot but is not as well-liked by her peers. S...
I almost hate to say this, but I am the happiest I have ever been in my life, she told me. Sometimes it takes going through something so awful to realize the beauty that is out there in this world. Br...
He said that when you want to change things, you can’t please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren’t making enough progress.