Talk Like a Man
Early in her career, Virginia Rometty was offered a big job, she revealed at Fortune’s 2011 Most Powerful Women Summit. But instead of immediately accepting it, she asked to think about it overnight. That evening, at home discussing it with her husband, he asked, “Do you think a man would have ever answered that question that way?” That tip changed Rometty’s perspective, helping her to crack the glass ceiling and reminding her to show confidence, even when feeling self-doubt.
How These 24 Business Leaders Stay Productive and Successful
What do people like Jeff Bezos, Marissa Mayer, and Richard Branson do to stay on top?
Virginia Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO of IBM
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How These 24 Business Leaders Stay Productive and Successful
- Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
- Marissa Mayer, President and CEO of Yahoo
- Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group
- Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google
- Ursula Burns, Chairman and CEO of Xerox
- Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
- Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
- Martha Stewart, Founder of Martha Stewart Living
- Jack Dorsey, Co-founder of Twitter, Founder and CEO of Square
- Reed Hastings, Co-founder and CEO of Netflix
- Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo
- Drew Houston, Founder and CEO of Dropbox
- Virginia Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO of IBM
- Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
- Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric
- Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation
- Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
- Larry Page, Co-founder and CEO of Google
- Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO of Starbucks
- Meg Whitman, President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
- Biz Stone, Co-founder of Twitter
- Evan Williams, Co-founder of Twitter
- Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook
- Jamie Dimon, Chairman, President and CEO of JPMorgan Chase