It's an unbelievable responsibility to influence decisions, shareholder value and most important to me, people's careers and livelihoods.

It's an unbelievable responsibility to influence decisions, shareholder value and most important to me, people's careers and livelihoods.

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.

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.

I can only have dinner with my girlfriends once a month instead of once a week.

China is going to be one of Avon's largest market opportunities. It has a large geographic expanse, with hundreds of thousands of women in small villages really striving to make an earnings opportunity for themselves.

If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.