INTRODUCTION
Have you ever heard comments like these?
• “You’re a woman—why do you want this global job?”
• “You don’t have enough gray hair to be a senior vice president!”
• “You are so aggressive; you should try to be more likable.”
Have you ever met all the required qualifications for a project or a promotion, but you still do not feel qualified enough to take on a new role?
Have you ever been in a meeting when a male colleague repeated what you just said—and he then received great feedback on the idea that everyone ignored when you said the same thing?
I have. Often. Throughout my career.
I was born in Phoenix, Illinois, a town so poor and small we didn’t even have our own post office, bank, or grocery store. My parents had emigrated ...
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