Chapter 5
Project Personal Power
We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.
—Margaret Atwood
Kerri worked on the Wall Street high wire. When we first met her, she was one of the senior-most people on an elite team of math-savvy quants who spent their time designing financial instruments for high-net-worth investors as well as some medium-size institutional clients. You don't find any slackers in a group like that. Finance top guns, every one of them.
The team leader spot in her department opened up frequently—every few years—because it was a job that often led to bigger projects and more prestigious ...
