Approach Quote by Dalia Grybauskaite

As a woman, my style defines my leadership. It's a gentler, more compassionate approach. I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in…

— Kamla Persad-Bissessar

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

In my opinion, the most important thing as a woman leader-and I learned this early through a whole bunch of great women who were…

— Pat Mitchell

I think I lead with empathy and connection to our people. I find that the most effective leadership style for me is to just…

— Julia Hartz

I don't want to over generalize, but I believe that women are typically drawn to leadership styles that focus on consensus building, effective listening…

— Margaret Hamburg

Just for me, my leadership revolves around serving people. It's the way I thought would be effective for my personality.

— Monty Williams

Being a woman leader is secondary to me - and should be to others.

— Heather Bresch

As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population…

— Benazir Bhutto

I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say…

— Sheryl Sandberg

I'm not saying this is all men, but in my experience as a woman, I'm not taken as seriously in a leadership role regardless…

— Bea Miller

There are many people I admire and seek advice from, but for the most part, I just follow my gut instead of trying to…

— Lauren Bush

I try to engage women who are thinking about running for office or up-and-coming leaders to embrace the power they do have, and not…

— Laphonza Butler