Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

Ideas are only as good as your ability to communicate them.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

New products, new markets, new investors, and new ways of doing things are the lifeblood of growth. And while each innovation carries potential risk, businesses that don't innovate will eventually diminish.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

Empowering those around you to be heard and valued makes the difference between a leader who simply instructs and one who inspires.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

Always be listening and learning.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

If it's a cliche to say that intellectual curiosity keeps your mind sharp, your senses alert, and your capabilities cutting-edge, that's because it's true.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

Starting a new job can be nerve-racking , but it's also exciting. You're embarking on a new future, positioning yourself to write a fresh story on a clean slate.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

Even the mundane task may have something to teach you - especially if it's a task you haven't performed before.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

You never stop learning.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

Flat-out, the time I wasn't working I was spending with the kids and my husband.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

Entry-level jobs are excellent opportunites to educate young women about the realities of the financial world and can prepare them for the next move up within the firm or another area of the financial industry.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

By definition, risk exposes businesses to danger.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

We definitely are a supporter of lowering corporate income tax and managing through the reprehension of cash for companies because we do think that'll give them more ammunition to grow their businesses and expand what they do.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

It's hard not to take it personally when being wait-listed, passed over for a promotion, or losing a client to a competitor. But while feeling aggrieved may be an understandable reaction, it's not productive - it's not a good use of the experience.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

Many women try to advance in their careers by having all the answers; by being the go-to person for information and advice; or by building expertise in a particular field. However, as they progress, gain broader responsibilities, and grow into leadership roles, they realize that their span of control is too vast to be able to know every answer.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

We believe behavioral science, cognitive computing, and machine intelligence are essential to a successful, holistic surveillance offering and critical to efficient and effective organizational compliance with an increasingly intricate global regulatory environment.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

The ability to have influence and create change and drive the strategy of an organization is really what excites me.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

I come to work every day thinking I have to earn my job, and I really believe that. I don't have a given right to my job; I need to prove my value in my role every single day.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

The financial service industry has an image issue.

Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman

One of many strengths that I often see in successful women on Wall Street is a responsible balance between risk taking and risk mitigation - the ability to assess situations smartly and make the right medium-to-long-term decisions without being lured into reckless, short-term profit-taking.