Actions speak Quote by Mindy Grossman

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

'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

Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities.

— Wilma Mankiller

We need to talk more openly about mentorships and sponsorships. Women don't get the mentoring, and particularly the sponsors, they need to succeed as…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Early on in my career, when I was working at an advertising agency, I went to a very senior-level meeting and I distinctly remember…

— Laurel J. Richie

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

As a woman leader, I try to take every opportunity I can to do what my mentors did for me - engaging with young…

— Jane Park

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

Ultimately I think clubs, boards, associations have to do more to provide an equal platform for women to get interviews for jobs.

— Emma Hayes

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

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

What I tell women who want to get on corporate boards is to get connected! Do volunteer work, network in business, join community organization…

— Debra L. Reed