Challenges Quote by Dalia Grybauskaite

Women are problem solvers, and often we don't get much credit for that because the typical image of a leader is someone who's loud,…

— Mazie Hirono

The fact that women begin to avoid running for public office because of the harassment and sometimes even violence that they face as a…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

There's a ton of academic literature that shows people are much more critical of female leaders than they are of male leaders. They're much…

— Peter Beinart

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

— Sheryl Sandberg

In this fast-paced business world, female leaders need to make sure they're not perceived as pushy, aggressive or competent. One way to do that…

— Sarah Cooper

Women still have an uneasy relationship with power and the traits necessary to be a leader. There is this internalized fear that if we…

— Arianna Huffington

It is a unique challenge for a woman to demonstrate that they can lead, that they will be strong, that they can handle crisis,…

— Wendy Greuel

Female leaders are more oriented toward real and long-lasting results of their policies.

— Dalia Grybauskaite

As a country and as a world, we are not comfortable with women in leadership roles. We call little girls bossy.

— Sheryl Sandberg

We do not have many women leaders in the world. But if you look at the current examples, most of those few female leaders…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

Women are foils to men. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for political resistance.

— Kim Hyesoon

All leaders, male or female, innately possess feminine qualities like empathy, candor and vulnerability - the difference lies in which leaders choose to suppress…

— John Gerzema