On Women and Leadership
Women leaders tend to think about power horizontally—and manage that way too. Having spent the past 20 years studying women leaders—and building Most Powerful Women into Fortune’s biggest and most valuable franchise—Pattie Sellers has gained unparalleled ...
Women leaders tend to think about power horizontally—and manage that way too. Having spent the past 20 years studying women leaders—and building Most Powerful Women into Fortune’s biggest and most valuable franchise—Pattie Sellers has gained unparalleled access to America’s top women leaders and has keen insights into what makes women successful (and not) in business, philanthropy, government and beyond. Her views are provocative and can be controversial: The concept of the glass ceiling is overplayed, she believes, and women hold themselves back by feeling uncomfortable with power. Wise women leaders embrace power—in different ways than most men do.