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The Courage to Advance: Real life resilience from the world's most successful women in business
Bonnie Hagemann, Lisa Pent, Women Execs on Boards
Biography: business & industry, Business & management, Management: leadership & motivation
How the world's most successful women made it to the top - and how you can too.
"Women's empowerment is the single biggest opportunity of the 21st century." Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever plc
Getting to the top in Business is never straightforward, especially as a woman.
This powerful collection of stories reveals how the world's leading women in business have overcome some of life's biggest challenges to reach the top of their professions. This is a book written for every current and aspiring leader, revealing the things that leaders rarely talk about; the behind the scenes struggles.
The women in these stories are powerful, internationally diverse and have impressive leadership accomplishments. They were brought together through one unifying experience: they have all completed the Harvard Business School Women on Boards program, a course that has turned into a movement. Today there are over 130 members of the WomenExecs on Boards network, from 17 countries. This is the network where organisations go to find educated, prepared, qualified and diverse women for corporate board seats.
After reading this book you will be inspired to lead and make a difference for others whether it's running a company or leading a division, team, project, community event or your family and home. You will discover that you already have all you need to succeed when it gets hard, to never give up, and how to keep going through life's difficult and sometimes terrible challenges. These women want you to know that you are not alone, and that you can lean on the strength of those who have gone before you, keep leading and keep getting back up again.
With a Foreword from Harvard Business School
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Praise for The Courage to Advance: Real life resilience from the world's most successful women in business
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As I read the stories, I could not help but think of my own mother's struggle through countless challenges and setbacks, paving the way for future generations of leaders in the process. One cannot help but be inspired by the courage, humility, and tenacity of the special women profiled in these stories. - Christian Brickman, CEO, Sally Beauty Holdings, (NYSE: SBH)
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Women's empowerment is the single biggest opportunity of the 21st century. - Women s empowerment is the single biggest opportunity of the 21st century. Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever plc (NYSE: UL), Co-founder and Chair of Imagine
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It's often through hearing the stories of others that we come to the best moments of clarity in our own. Women leaders are courageous and resilient. In this book are thirty-six stories of proof. - Coco Brown, Founder and CEO, Athena Alliance, Inc.
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Finally! A book so validating, so encouraging, that it feels as though I sat through years of life, career, and business lessons from successful mentors willing to bare it all to pave a path just for me. - Nanette Harrell, Independent Fractional Chief Information Officer and former Transportation Executive, at Faneuil, Inc., Savi Tech & GE (NYSE: GE)
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Here are the stories of some of our top women leaders. The stories contain big lessons in bite-size pieces. Many have a 'hard knocks' quality because they are genuine and unsparing. - Andrew R. Hoehn, Senior Vice President, RAND Corporation
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These poignant portraits will stay with you long after you've finished reading. - Charlotte Dennery, CEO, BNP Paribas Personal Finance
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In the spirit of being 'judged by the company you keep,' those who read this work are keeping very good company. - Cathy Benko, NIKE, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) Board Member and former Vice Chairman, Deloitte LLP
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A much needed inspirational multicultural roadmap of how thirty-six extraordinary women leaders got to where they are. Simply Inspirational. - Muna AbuSulayman, Social Impact Investor, Philanthropist and Global Equity Board Member & Advisor for Gucci (NYSE: GUC)
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