DROP THE BALL

DROP THE BALL is part manifesto and part road-map for women who want to uncover what matters most to them so they can discover how to get it all by doing less.

There are two puzzling questions about men that women can’t justify: Why are they dominating top leadership positions when women represent over half of college graduates? And why do they want to have sex when the house is a mess? Surprisingly, the answers are linked. For women, it’s not only a glass ceiling blocking their way -- it’s also the increasingly heavy obligations at home that weigh them down. Just as women reach middle management, they begin battling the vicious cycle of the life-go-round: full-time responsibilities as wives and mothers paired with full-time jobs that leave them dizzy, stressed and often unhappy. Women have become accustomed to delegating, advocating and negotiating for themselves at the office, but when it comes to managing households, they still bear the brunt on their own shoulders. A simple solution is staring them in the face: negotiate with the men in their personal lives. In DROP THE BALL: Expect Less from Yourself, Get More from Him, and Flourish at Work & Life, Tiffany Dufu explains how women can create all-in domestic partnerships that protect them against professional burn-out. With humor, inspiration, solid and personal insight, Tiffany proposes a paradigm in which men and women come together at home so that both can be successful at work. She draws on social psychology, history, and her own story to present the path that all women can take to embrace imperfection, make a new and better deal at home, and truly thrive. With solutions that apply to everyone – not just married, straight couples – Tiffany shows how this model will benefit women in both spheres of their lives, and positively impact their families as well. Tiffany Dufu is Chief Leadership Officer to Levo League and Launch Team member to Lean In. Previously, Tiffany was President of The White House Project, a women’s leadership organization. The Huffington Post named her one of 19 “women who are leading the way” amongst luminaries such as Hillary Clinton and Diane Sawyer. She was included in Fast Company’s League of Extraordinary Women and has been featured in The New York Times, The Seattle Times, on NPR and Bloomberg. Tiffany is a widely sought-after speaker who has lectured at Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit, TEDWomen and MAKERS. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in English from the University of Washington and lives in New York City with her husband and two small children.