Leading with Care: How Women Around the World are Inspiring Businesses, Empowering Communities, and Creating Opportunity

Creating the Opportunity for Opportunity

Rebecca has learned that opportunities come in many forms. And she believes that she has more opportunities than most people she knows. But that didn’t happen by accident. For over five years, Rebecca had sought a position on the National Women’s Business Council, a highly sought-after presidential appointment. She set her sights on that goal, well aware that it would take years to receive the appointment. During the process, three other council members recommended her; those recommendations pulled a lot of weight, as the council consists of only nine members. Capitalizing on those three recommendations, she worked tirelessly to gain the appointment and was thrilled when it finally came through. You ...