The balanced life is a goal, but for us it is mostly a myth.

For most women being other-directed, focused on how other people feel and nurturing them, was (and can still be) a quality that girls were (are) heavily pressured to become. The unselfish or Self-less woman was (is) seen as ideal. The realization and articulation that the cultural ideal of the perfect woman was someone who had no sense of Self and was a key part of the angry energy that drove Feminism to its swift success.

Nothing creates more self-respect among employees than being included in the process of making decisions.

Leaders evoke emotional connections in followers only to the extent that the followers are emotionally needy.

The balanced life is a goal, but for us it is mostly a myth.

With air travel there is no distance, there is only time.

The message to organizations is this: You have to increase the number of categories of contributing, or the types of career paths, which people can experience as successful. You cannot restrict esteem to the fewer and fewer who will be climbing up the management ladder. You need to have the majority of your people feeling like winners.