The latest women's leadership news, research and advice packaged to fit your life. April 18, 2017: Edition 109
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ORIGINAL CONTENT, FRESH NEWS YOU NEED NOW
Be Nice: Bette & Joan Show What Not To Do As Women Leaders In the first season of "Feud," we cringe to see the catfights between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis and learn how not to compete. TELL ME MORE
5 Ways to Increase Your Creativity On Your Team Any leader can enhance her creativity and augment the innovations of her team with these steps. You don't have to have "creative" in your title to be creative. TELL ME MORE
Asking For It: Coach, Author, Consultant Offers Tips For Entrepreneurs Donna Smith Bellinger has lived to tell how to perform at peak and excel as an entrepreneur;
she can help you do the same. TELL ME MORE
Gloria's Pick: What defines a leader? If there was a definitive answer, there wouldn't be so many bestselling books about it. Here's a provocative description by my friend and our She Negotiates partner, Victoria Pynchon, who says "Relaxed is the look of a leader." Read more here and tweet me your reaction @GloriaFeldt
TAKING THE LEAD. YOUR ACTION OF THE WEEK
Show up. Arrive early. Make the phone calls. Follow up. Do whatever is needed to make an event, project, campaign or new initiative succeed.
5 Feminist Podcasts You Need To Hear Take your pick and take a listen to stay informed and up to date on the latest podcasts by, for and about women. READ IT AT GIRLTALK HQ
Props to Dolores-- It's About Time Dolores Huerta is inspiring a new generation of activists with a documentary, "Dolores," chronicling her life in leadership. READ IT AT NEW YORK MINUTE MAG
Calling Bull On Fighting The Fearless Girl We love everything about the New York Fearless Girl statue including that the artist who created the opposing bull statue will likely not win his day in court to remove her. READ IT AT FORTUNE
Google This: Gender Gap Here There's a lot of talk at Google about gender parity, but it seems when it comes to practicing what they preach, not so much on that. READ IT AT THINK PROGRESS The To-Do List You've Been Waiting For After the marches and the protests, what can you do every day to take action to make life better for women at work? Heed these post-marching orders. READ IT AT ENTREPRENEUR
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"There are two questions I ask myself every day. One is: what have I learned today? The second is: who have I helped today?"
-- U.S.Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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