In a war, no matter the outcome of a certain skirmish or battle, the winner is the party whose attitudes, behaviors and preoccupations come to dominate the postwar landscape. By this measure, the outcome of the gender wars, if wars they were, is clear: women won.

Remember, what you focus on expands; results follow focus.

It's odd that I'm a big name in America and not known in Britain.

Getting after this terrible, avoidable waste of human potentiality is what gets me out of bed every morning.

Clarity is the answer to anxiety. Effective leaders are clear.

Managers are, and should be, totally responsible for recognizing individual strengths (both natural talents and skills), getting those strengths in proper alignment (i.e. in the right "seats"), and then leveraging them.

Convey your passion and link your strengths to measurable results. Employers and interviewers love concrete data.