Donna Carpenter Quotes

“With a promotion, a woman will give you five reasons why she's not ready. A man will give you five reasons why he should've had that job yesterday.”

“In the beginning, we were excluded from ski areas and we were excluded from their trade shows, so we always saw ourselves as a very inclusive community.”

“Jake and I woke up one day in 2002 looked around a room of leaders, and realized that, out of 25 global leaders, there were only two women.”

“This was not going to bode well for our company — not just that it didn't match our values, but that we were never going to be innovative, or be able to pull from the best talent, or reach the women's market unless we had women in the room.”

“It was an incredibly empowering experience, and everybody came back even more determined than ever to work on gender diversity here.”

“We created the Women's Leadership Initiative, which was a comprehensive effort and is still ongoing.”

“With a promotion, a woman will give you five reasons why she's not ready. A man will give you five reasons why he should've had that job yesterday.”

“In the beginning, we were excluded from ski areas and we were excluded from their trade shows, so we always saw ourselves as a very inclusive community.”

“Jake and I woke up one day in 2002 looked around a room of leaders, and realized that, out of 25 global leaders, there were only two women.”

“This was not going to bode well for our company — not just that it didn't match our values, which it didn't, but that we were never going to be innovative, or be able to pull from the best talent, or reach the women's market unless we had women in the room.”

“It was an incredibly empowering experience, and everybody came back even more determined than ever to work on gender diversity here.”

“We created the Women's Leadership Initiative, which was a comprehensive effort and is still ongoing.”