We Need To Stop Telling

I Have A Five Year-old Son And A Three Year-old Daughter. I Want My Son To Have A Choice To Contribute Fully In The Workforce Or At Home. And I Want My Daughter To Have The Choice To Not Just Succeed, But To Be Liked For Her Accomplishments.

I Don't Hold Myself Out As A Role Model. I Don't Believe That Everyone Should Make The Same Choices; That Everyone Has To Want To Be A Ceo, Or Everyone Should Want To Be A Work-at-home Mother. I Want Everyone To Be Able To Choose. But I Want Us To Be Able To Choose Unencumbered By Gender Choosing For Us.

I Would Love To Meet J.k. Rowling And Tell Her How Much I Admire Her Writing And Am Amazed By Her Imagination. I Read Every 'harry Potter' Book As It Came Out And Looked Forward To Each New One. I Am Rereading Them Now With My Kids And Enjoying Them Every Bit As Much. She Made Me Look At Jelly Beans In A Whole New Way.

We Know When We Use The Full Talents Of Our Population We're More Productive. And We Know That When People Really Feel Like They Can Have Flexible Lives, They're Better Employees.

Let's Acknowledge That Men Reach For Opportunities More Quickly And More Easily Than Women. So Often As Managers, We Give The Job To Whoever Starts Solving The Problem, To Whoever Jumps In. Since We Know Men Will Jump In Faster Than Women In So Many Circumstances, We Have To Slow Down And Encourage More Women To Sit At More Tables.