Need a boost? Listen to these amazing women
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Madeleine Albright - first female Secretary of State for the US. A wonderful interview on being a senior political individual, and a pioneer. Women's issues should be central to politics. She made this a central tennant when at the UN and as Secretary of State. Women's issues are the hardest issues as they deal with life and death.
She was a politician and a woman at the UN and by bringing the women leaders the UN together (all 7 of them) were able to bring forward women's issues which ultimately lead to a declaration that rape was a weapon of war. |
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Sara Blakely is founder of Spanx, and is the first self-made female billionaire. Listen to her honest and entertaining story of how she invented Spanx and what she learned along the way, and the importance of believing in her idea.
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Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund
This isn't just an interview about Christine's advice to women on their careers but what more governments and organizations could be doing to support women in the world and the benefits it could bring. Christine Lagarde is a lawyer and the first female Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). |
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I thought I'd post Sheryl Sandberg's
original commencement talk at Barnard College Commencement from 2011. This is the talk that started her path to become out spoken on Women and career. After this she asked herself what could she do to move the bar. She says it was scary to step up to become known for Women's career issues but she has to do it.
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Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO for IBM
Jump to 0:44 to hear how someone as successful as Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO for IBM, learned to have courage and stay confident on the outside even though you may be extremely self-critical on the inside. Our high expectations of ourself prevents us from taking risks. |
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Ursula Burns, CEO and Chairman of Xerox
Learn about how Ursula Burns went from intern to CEO and Chairman of Xerox. Isn't it time for you to learn more about the business you're in than just doing your job? |