I Think Now Is Our Time. My

I Don't Hold Myself Out As A Role Model. I Don't Believe That Everyone Should Make The Same Choices; That Everyone Has To Want To Be A Ceo, Or Everyone Should Want To Be A Work-at-home Mother. I Want Everyone To Be Able To Choose. But I Want Us To Be Able To Choose Unencumbered By Gender Choosing For Us.

It's More Pressure On Women To - If They Marry Or Partner With Someone, To Partner With The Right Person. Because You Cannot Have A Full Career And A Full Life At Home With Your Children If You Are Also Doing All Of The Housework And Child Care.

Women Are Not Making It To The Top. A Hundred And Ninety Heads Of State; Nine Are Women. Of All The People In Parliament In The World, Thirteen Per Cent Are Women. In The Corporate Sector, Women At The Top - C-level Jobs, Board Seats - Tops Out At Fifteen, Sixteen Per Cent.

Two Things That I Think Matter Are Gratitude And Joy.

Let's Acknowledge That Men Reach For Opportunities More Quickly And More Easily Than Women. So Often As Managers, We Give The Job To Whoever Starts Solving The Problem, To Whoever Jumps In. Since We Know Men Will Jump In Faster Than Women In So Many Circumstances, We Have To Slow Down And Encourage More Women To Sit At More Tables.