Former California State Senator Jackie Speier talks about the importance of standing up for a purpose in the course of life. She illustrates this idea by talking about people who initiated stem cell research and stood up against drunk driving. She insists that life requires one to step up.
Speier talks about the importance of being impolite for women to achieve their goals in a corporate setting. She draws on the fact that the pivotal leadership strength of women is their ability to build consensus. She talks about how the leadership style of women is becoming the leadership style of the 21st century.
Speier and best-selling author Deborah Collins Stephens talk about politics within public and private sectors. Speier discusses how the freedom to explore issues is absent in the private sector. Stephens talks about how power plays an important role in the politics of public sectors. She stresses that it is necessary for people to have a lot of will power in order for them to rise above in the public sector.