Sally Helgesen is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and consultant, and one of the world’s brand-name experts on women’s leadership. Her latest book, The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, is the first to make the strategic case for women leaders.

"Sally Helgesen is a brilliant thinker who can turn her great ideas into practical advice. No one can provide greater insight for women on seeking to be leaders or for organizations trying to develop talented women."

—Marshall Goldsmith, author, Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back.

"The feedback from participants was overwhelming -- Sally packed a wallop with her insights."

—Chris St.Clare, Partner & Women's Advisory Board, KPMG

"Powerful and engaging."

—Mary Howell, EVP, Textron Corp.

"Sally strikes a raw nerve on the most pressing topic of the day. Full of practical solutions and great ideas."

—Alicia Whitaker, MD Global HR, CreditSuisse

"Sally is provocative yet practical in offering proven strategies for leveraging the power of in the global marketplace."

—Bill Mills, VP, Talent Management, United Way of America

"Great takeaways and plenty of aha's."

—J. Michael Keeling, President, ESOP Association

Sally Helgesen is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and consultant, and one of the world’s brand-name experts on women’s leadership. Her latest book, The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, is the first to make the strategic case for women leaders. She is also the author of the best-selling The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership, hailed as “the classic work” on women's leadership style, translated into 12 languages, and continually in print for twenty years.

An earlier book, The Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations, was cited in The Wall Street Journal as one of the best books on leadership of all time. Sally delivers keynotes and develops leadership programs for corporations, partnership firms, and non-profits around the globe. She has consulted with the United Nations Development Program on building more inclusive and decentralized country offices and on strengthening women’s programs in Africa and Asia. She has led seminars at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Smith College, and been visiting scholar at Northwestern University and Lauriston Institute in Melbourne Australia. Articles about Sally’s work have been featured in Fortune, The New York Times and Business Week, and she has appeared on hundreds of television and radio shows. She is a contributing editor to the magazine Strategy+Business and is a member of the New York Women’s Forum.