In today's world of blogging and tweeting, conversation has become a bit more staccato. In many ways we're more efficient, but I think the amount of longer conversations that radiated more warmth may have gone down.

If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself.

The first thing I'd say to women is put aside the guilt. I think we're all genetically programmed to feel guilty for not giving total effort at the job.

If you give up the guilt, that's a huge load off your shoulders.

I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.

Women play a couple of roles. They are in professional schools and increasingly producing the talent to keep the engines of the economy growing, but they're also the nurturers and the caregivers.

Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.