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Take big career risks, Shalala learned as a rookie.(Dr. Donna Shalala)
One of the tendencies keeping women from ruling the world (or at least the academy) is a reluctance to take a job unless they are at least 125% qualified for it.
Not so with Dr. Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami and a veteran of five major positions over the last 30 years. "This is the first time there was ever a consensus that I was qualified," she quipped. "I was in over my head at every job until Miami. In every other job I was a little young and it was a little early in my career," she confessed, but she took the jobs because her mentors urged her to take big career risks.
Shalala was the opening plenary speaker at the 85th annual ...
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