But the good news was that my elder sister refused to get married straight away and I couldn't get married until she did so I had the licence to go off and dream

The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don't improve myself and lift the organization, because that distance is a constant.

As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.

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

I wouldn't ask anyone to do anything I wouldn't do myself.

Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.