Follow Your Compass, Not Your Clock.

I Think It's Critical That You Feel You're Working For A Person Who Is Committed To Advancing Your Career.

It Has Given Me A Global Vantage Point, Being The Daughter Of Immigrants From China, Who Had Nothing When They Came Here. And Now I Am Leading A Company. It Speaks To Something Deep In Me, The Concept That You Don't Have To Start With Anything.

My Parents Ingrained In Me Early On That The Perfect Score Is Always Something To Strive For. I Want To Win And I Want To Succeed No Matter What.

There Are Pros And Cons Of Experience. A Con Is That You Can't Look At The Business With A Fresh Pair Of Eyes And As Objectively As If You Were A New Ceo. Fire Yourself On A Friday Night And Come In On Monday Morning As If A Search Firm Put You There As A Turn-around Leader. Can You Be Objective And Make The Bold Change?

Avon Is A Unique Place To Work; We've Got Family-friendly Policies. We Have More Senior Women In High-level Management Than Any Other Company; 46 Percent Of Our Officers Are Women.