I Spent Most Of My Career, Including

I Feel Really Grateful To The People Who Encouraged Me And Helped Me Develop. Nobody Can Succeed On Their Own.

I Realized That Searching For A Mentor Has Become The Professional Equivalent Of Waiting For Prince Charming. We All Grew Up On The Fairy Tale "seeping Beauty," Which Instructs Young Women That If They Just Wait For Their Prince To Arrive, They Will Be Kissed And Whisked Away On A White Horse To Live Happily Ever After. Now Young Women Are Told That If They Can Just Find The Right Mentor, They Will Be Pushed Up The Ladder And Whisked Away To The Corner Office To Live Happily Ever After. Once Again, We Are Teaching Women To Be Too Dependent On Others.

When I Was In High School, I Was Voted Most Likely To Succeed.

Real Change Will Come When Powerful Women Are Less Of An Exception. It Is Easy To Dislike Senior Women Because There Are So Few.

We Have A Problem With Women In Leadership Across The Board. This Leadership Gap - This Problem Of Not Enough Women In Leadership - Is Running Really Deep And It's In Every Industry. My Answer Is We Have To Understand The Stereotype Assumptions That Hold Women Back.