Don't be afraid to ask the 'dumb' question, everyone else will be relieved you had the guts to ask!

Coming from Google, you don't exactly spend a lot of time at Microsoft.

Over the last 10 years, women have stalled out at the top.

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)

Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.

I was grateful that Facebook already had generous bereavement policies . Now Facebook employees receive 20 days paid leave to grieve the loss of an immediate family member and 10 days for an extended family member. I'm proud that we're able to do this and I hope more businesses do the same. Only 60 percent of private sector workers get paid time off after the death of a loved one, and then it's usually just a few days. Workers and families deserve better than that.

Bring your whole self to work. I don't believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.