Living With Shame Many women leaders might not readily admit it, but they live with a lot of shame. True, the shame is by large unfounded, but nonetheless it is there. Living With Guilt High ranking female executives are often barraged with a sense that they are doing something ‘wrong’ in their lives, either by prolonging children, forgoing marriage, or placing their career before other aspects of their lives that society says they should be focusing on. On the other hand, th

Eliminate Balance? A former executive from ExxonMobil and Phillip Morris made headlines by announcing that women need to “eliminate the word balance” from the work/life balance equation. “It sets everyone up for frustration and disappointment.” The former executive? Dede Bartlett. That seems like a rather bleak and cynical outlook, but Bartlett is not alone in her sentiments. For decades, women executives have decried the face that men do not seem to have the same difficultie