She attributes her success to growing up in a big farm family and ‘learning how to have an opinion’ in male-dominated world

When you decide to “lean out” or you are forced to do so, a lot of identity-shedding happens suddenly.

You rocked your career. You embraced the mission and advanced the vision of your employer … not to mention that you made money for them...

If finding success were easy, everyone would have it. Achieving big goals requires hard work, but what does that really mean?

It just happened! They called you in and had “the talk.” Or maybe, you called them in and initiated “the talk.”

...after a long and successful academic career, I started asking myself whether the opportunities exist for a woman ‘of a certain age’.

I feel fortunate that, as a college professor, I’ve had the privilege of being able to plan my retirement.