Being Quote by Debra L. Reed

'Women on Board' provides a roadmap for high-performing women leaders to join high-performing boards. It is a must-read for every sitting board director, man…

— Sandra E. Peterson

We're long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies with female…

— Anne M. Mulcahy

Having women on boards is good for women, good for the economy and good for society. A win-win-win outcome: how rare.

— Noreena Hertz

Having more women in company boards, in senior management, supervisory positions and workers in the formal sector is not only the right thing to…

— Michelle Bachelet

It is critical to create opportunities to identify talented women in business, then support them to develop their confidence to aim for the boardroom.

— Karren Brady

Public ‘career feminists’ have been more concerned with getting more women into ‘boardrooms,’ when the problem is that there are altogether too many boardrooms,…

— Laurie Penny

Any board executive can forget just how many people helped them get where they are. Those women who have got to the top need…

— Karren Brady

I firmly believe in the old adage 'Actions speak louder than words.' This means proactively seeking women for roles within boards, identifying opportunities for…

— Mindy Grossman

Seek women mentors. If you're a businesswoman, look at the TEDx conferences. There's a lot of businesswomen that speak on there. I find them…

— Jane Fonda

We need women who are at the head of a boardroom, like at the head of the White House, at the head of kind…

— Chelsea Clinton

I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power.

— Rachel Johnson

Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a…

— Sheryl Sandberg