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August 16, 2016: Edition 75
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FRESH INSIGHTS ON THE LATEST NEWS
Are You Tough Enough? Why Competition Matters If the Simones and all the other female Olympic stars teach us anything, it is that women love to win. See what experts say about competition at work. TELL ME MORE For Real: Strategies That Work for Women of Color Leaders Challenges of stereotypes and perceptions face multicultural women rising in leadership. Learn tips and more on how to succeed. TELL ME MORE
Do You Test Positive at Work? Check out the new way to identify personality types: optimist, pessimist, envious or trusting. See what you are, and maybe your coworkers and boss. READ IT PACIFIC STANDARD
A Funny Look At Your Role as A Leader Chuckle to cartoonist Sarah Cooper's satiric take on women in leadership and how you may need to shift your language in order not to offend. READ IT AT ATTN.
Frida Kahlo Would Agree: The Artists' Pay Gap is Real Women artists have endured a pay gap
historically; see why and how this affects the creative bottom line. READ IT ATTHE ECONOMIST Be Like Laurie: She's Got
This USA Women's Gymnastics gold medal winner Laurie Hernandez has a mantra before she competes: "I got this." Can it be yours too? READ IT ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"We need to make sure we’re creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership. And we cannot be afraid to imagine what it means to have power. You don’t want to just be throwing rocks at the castle. We have to use all the tools available." --Alicia Garza, founder of Black Lives Matter, on leadership in Bloomberg.
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