Heather Smith, the leader of Northamptonshire County Council, has resigned, saying, “Machinery of Government was turned against me”

Another day, another woman refusing to take responsibility for the failures of the organization she’s been leading – here. When organizations perform well, women enthusiastically claim a share of the credit. But when organizations fail, women – including the organization’s leader, if a woman – will not share the responsibility. The responsibility always lies with others. This is just one of countless manifestations of a golden rule:

Women want the upside of everything, and the downside of nothing.

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