I realize that every time we discuss a job placement and look at a list of both male and female candidates, there’s a question that comes up pretty much all the time for the woman: ‘Will she know how to assert herself?’ It’s not meant to be malicious. It’s more, ‘Will she manage to take leadership of the team you want to entrust to her?’ Isabelle Kocher Read Quote
In France, we have a mania for meetings that start very early and finish very late. It wastes time and creates rigidity in schedules. Everyone knows I hate long meetings. Isabelle Kocher Read Quote
Renewable energy is an essential part of our strategy of decarbonization, decentralization, as well as digitalization of energy. Isabelle Kocher Read Quote
We need to create shareholder value. That is why I am here. That is what I need to do. Isabelle Kocher Read Quote
Whatever religion or wisdom, spirituality and values are important to me and to the business. Isabelle Kocher Read Quote
The promise of individual and collective emancipation implicit in the notion of progress appears to be broken. Isabelle Kocher Read Quote
Citizens and consumers are demanding that climate change and environmental issues be taken seriously. Isabelle Kocher Read Quote
Momentum is building for the creation of a shared future, one that is more egalitarian, inclusive, and respectful of the environment – a future that ultimately offers greater possibilities for personal development and control over our individual lives. Isabelle Kocher Read Quote
I have received so many letters, messages, emails, testimonies of women whom I meet in international conferences, wherever it may be, who tell me, ‘It’s great that you have balanced life and work so successfully.’ I now think I have underestimated that, the ‘role model’ aspect of my life, I must say. Isabelle Kocher Read Quote
