Ep. 491: The Claims of Life: Endless Possibilities

Career
Written By Stuart McNish

Guest: Diana Chapman Walsh, author and former president of Wellesley College

“The Claims of Life,” a new book by Diana Chapman Walsh, traces the emergence of a young woman who set out believing she wasn’t particularly smart but went on to meet multiple tests of leadership in the American academy – a place where everyone wants to be heard and no one wants a boss.

“The Claims of Life” offers readers an unusually intimate view of a trustworthy leadership that begins and ends in self-knowledge. During a transformative fourteen-year Wellesley College presidency, Walsh advanced women’s authority, compassionate governance, and self-reinvention.

After Wellesley, Walsh’s interests took her to the boards of five national nonprofits, galvanizing change. She kept counsel with Nobel laureates, feminist icons, and the Dalai Lama, seeking solutions to the world’s biggest challenge: preserving our planet.

We invited Diana Chapman Walsh to join us for a Conversation That Matters about a life of openness and endless possibilities.

 
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