women, when describing their roles in their organizations, usually referred to themselves as being in the middle of things. Not at the top, but in the center; not reaching down, but reaching out. — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
most of us persist in regarding leadership as synonymous with - indeed solely derived from - high position. Perhaps the notion of grass-roots leadership strikes us as too much of an oxymoron; confronted with apparent paradox, our imaginations fail. ...… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
What business needs now is exactly what women are able to provide, and at the very time when women are surging into the work… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
work is elevated by our daily environment into something that is appropriately done everywhere and at every conceivable moment. — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
women, when describing their roles in their organizations, usually referred to themselves as being in the middle of things. Not at the top, but… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
Top-down leaders, by withholding power from those in the ranks, deprive them of the ability to use the expertise and information vested in them… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
most of us persist in regarding leadership as synonymous with - indeed solely derived from - high position. Perhaps the notion of grass-roots leadership… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
women's entry into the public sphere can be seen not merely as the result of contemporary economic pressures, the high rate of divorce, or… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
our domestic lives reflect the major trend that dominates the consumer marketplace today: an ever-increasing emphasis on variety and choice. ... we find ourselves… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
the female view that one strengthens oneself by strengthening others is finding greater acceptance, and female values of inclusion and connection are emerging as… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
As women's leadership qualities come to play a more dominant role in the public sphere, their particular aptitudes for long-term negotiating, analytic listening, and… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
The very technologies that were supposed to free up our time seem instead to be consuming it, tacking hours onto our already extended days.… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
in the past, having a life while earning a living didn't seem like too much to ask. Today, even this basic goal has been… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
