I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
Madeleine AlbrightRead
I've been a medical and public health professional as well as a mother. I became skilled at juggling a number of priorities and competing interests. Like many other female leaders, I've tried to serve as a role model for the young women at my organization who are trying to balance a high-level leadership position and a family.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the challenges faced by female leaders in balancing career and family while serving as role models.
Margaret Hamburg speaks to her dual role as a medical and public health professional and as a mother, emphasizing the juggling act required to prioritize both demanding career responsibilities and family duties. She recognizes the unique challenges women leaders face and aims to inspire young women in her field to pursue leadership roles while managing personal commitments, thereby setting an example for future generations.
In practice
In a keynote speech about leadership at a women’s conference.
I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
The double bind lowers its boom on women in positions of authority, so those who haven't yet risen to such positions have not yet felt its full weight.
Employees who can't trust their leader to be vulnerable are not going to be vulnerable and build trust with one another.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
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