30 Women in Power Quotes

“Most of all, learn, as much as possible. There’s no surer path to confidence. And with confidence comes better performance; you automatically minimize the risk of failure. Equally,”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“fact that she was, by temperament, unruffled, no matter the crisis; her ability to simplify strategy, without letting it get weighed down by jargon; her belief in being a hands-on leader; and, most importantly, that she had grown with the organization and knew it inside-out.”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“I learnt that people work for people, and being an inspirational manager, connecting with people and earning their trust is crucial. To most leaders, this trait comes naturally. The”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“Leadership, for me, is investing in the people you hope to lead, supporting them through their tough times, connecting with them at a personal level, encouraging them to learn and grow, and having the humility to learn from them. ♦”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“I kept doubting there was a god—kept asking: if there is a God why should two people I love be taken away from me so suddenly? It was my mother who was my pillar of strength during this time. I learnt from her that after a loss, pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. Suffering happens when you keep asking questions which have no answers—a wasted exercise which only leaves one miserable. My mother taught me the importance of feeling grateful for all that there was rather than mulling over what wasn’t. Indian”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“As one reaches the higher rungs of an organization, one loses touch with ground realities; one also misses the smaller complaints, the everyday concerns of colleagues.”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“I have to admit, I was quite insensitive to the issue of gender inequality in the workplace until a few years ago.”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“recognize that many do not have that luxury and I respect the choices they have to make in similar circumstances. All I can do is encourage them to rejoin work if they truly wish to. One of my colleagues took a break for seven years when her children were very young and spent her time baking cakes and organizing birthday parties. Now back at work, she is one of our most valuable people. Another colleague from our finance team said that she needed to quit as her son was in the tenth standard in school and needed attention, but we convinced her to stay on and work only half-day for the next one year, till the exams were done with. On”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“The simple truth is that there is nothing like a good challenge to get the adrenalin going.”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“Very often in our society, people who have achieved success tend to place a premium on being vainglorious and bumptious. It pays, in my view, to be generous and large of heart and mind; bumptiousness never pays.”
― NAINA LAL KIDWAI (EDITED BY), 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories