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

The most important thing - and I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it a hundred times - if you marry a man, marry the right one.

There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don't expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don't.

I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.

The promise of equality is not the same as true equality.

In our performance reviews with women, we need to be saying, "Are you reaching enough? Are you applying for jobs when you meet some of the criteria like men, or are you waiting to meet all the criteria like women do?" There's so much we can do to encourage women to take on more and believe in themselves.