The Fox News Rundown Extra: Dana Perino, Emily Lampkin On Leadership Lessons & Achieving 'Real-Life Success'
Mar 21, 2026
Emily Lampkin, founder of the Women Leaders Series and author of Duct Tape and White Lies, shares practical leadership tips and career shortcuts. She discusses embracing the messy middle, juggling roles like work and parenting, and mentorship through demonstration. Conversations cover networking, accepting praise, handling high-pressure jobs, and balancing phone use and focus for real-life success.
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Get Input Then Own The Decision
- Seek advice but make the final decision yourself because you hold all the context.
- Emily tells younger women to gather input then decide, since they'll live with the trade-offs they uniquely understand.
Stop Judging Trade offs And Model Confidence
- Stop judging other women's trade-offs and accept your own choices publicly.
- Emily says deciding you like who you are clarifies leadership and models mentorship through how you carry yourself.
Mentorship By Showing Not Telling
- Emily's best mentor was Chief of Staff Holly Probst who taught by example rather than formal sessions.
- Holly let Emily shadow press interviews and forwarded real emails so staff could see how to handle communications.
