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I have often been many companies' first experience with a gender-variant model. I am proud of that because I think I have broadened their horizons in my own way. ”
As a black person of non-gender-conforming experience, my first existentially reciprocal and affirming experiences were in the New York ballrooms. ”
Most companies target women as end users, but few are effectively utilizing female employees when it comes to innovating for female consumers. When women are empowered in the design and innovation process, the likelihood of success in the marketplace improves by 144%! ”
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader. ”
The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially. ”
Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era where that could have cost her life. ”
If I were not a black artist but I was still singing, playing guitar, and singing ballads that are spiritual and cerebral, I'd be easier to market because people accept that from white female singer-songwriters faster. ”
I know of no country in the world that has passed a law specifically denying a woman's right to choose where she intends to give birth. ”
I think a big part of feminism - and this is something I'm sure a bunch of women will take my head off for - but a big part of feminism is women allowing other women to just be the kind of women that they are. ”
I consider all women as mother. I compose poems for any female considering her as mother. ”