Advice for young women leaders

-Be honest: be honest with both yourself and the people whom you are leading. Overarching goals are a very difficult to accomplish so be honest about just what you can accomplish so that you are satisfied, so that the people you lead are satisfied when the goals are met, and so that your job doesn’t seem impossible
-Be a go-getter: there are too many people in the world for you to be considered “special” enough to have people falling over you with opportunities. Instead, it is your responsibility to actively seek out the things that you want to do so that you continually expand on your aims and goals.
-Set realistic goals but aim high: remember you have other obligations as well so as I discussed above, don’t set goals you won’t accomplish; at the same time, higher expectations engender increased efficiency so don’t lower your standards regardless of time, other duties, etc.
-Be respectful of everyone: you never know whose help you need when so even if you cannot stand someone, feel free to not like them, but be diplomatic about it
-Be a woman makes you just as able as a man: I’m not a feminist. I’m not a masculinist, if that term even exists. I am a person. I am confident that regardless of my gender, I can clearly articulate my goals in a way such that others can share or diplomatically refute my ideas. I am positive that I can do what I want if I set my mind to it. These are my views and they’ve come in handy so in a nutshell, play to your strengths and improve your weakness would be my closing words.