Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.

We've ceased making progress at the top in any industry anywhere in the world . In the United States, women have had 14% of the top corporate jobs and 17% of the board seats for 10 years. Ten years of no progress.

Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." (Harvard Business School definition of leadership)

There is no such thing as work-life balance. There is work, there is life, and there is no balance.

The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options.

I spent most of my career, including my time at McKinsey, never acknowledging that I was a woman. And, you know, fast forward - I'm 43 now - fitting in is not helping us.