I strongly urge you to consciously consider what success means to you. Instead of allowing others or society to determine when you win, you determine it.

Before negotiating a raise, start collecting a file of evidence showing how you've impacted the bottom line. ... Don't believe there's no money in the budget. Don't assume your boss knows how great you've been doing. Don't threaten to leave -- you may be given the opportunity.

Actually, power is like money; neither good nor bad. Its negative or positive spin depends upon how we use it.

Women also lose sight of their goals by taking on extra responsibilities. We are virtual responsibility magnets. We don't make these decisions consciously or deliberately, but out of the fear that if we don't act on a need, it will never get resolved. ... But we fail to realize that once we become responsible for something, we may be responsible to it forever.

Simply stated, power is the ability to get things done.

I strongly urge you to consciously consider what success means to you. Instead of allowing others or society to determine when you win, you determine it.

Leadership doesn't mean giving marching orders that others must follow blindly. Rather, it means causing others to want to follow. Successful leadership is personal.