Management & Leadership

Women, Power, Leadership, and Bravery

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Discover the connections between female leaders past and present

By The Blinkist Curators

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Management & Leadership Career & Success Society & Culture

From ancient Egypt to Silicon Valley, these Blinks and Shortcast episodes shine a light on history’s most fascinating and powerful women. Exploring the subject of women, power, and leadership, this collection looks at how the three affect and work in tandem with one another. Whether we're looking at Cleopatra's Egypt or today's digital world, the structures and systems that women still have to battle against to situate themselves as leaders have not changed much, and their bravery while doing so should be lauded and used as a model for us all.

Women, Power, Leadership, and Bravery

Discover the connections between female leaders past and present

Fast Forward

Melanne Verveer and Kim K. Azzarelli

How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose

Jo Malone CBE: The Power of Resilience

Jo Malone CBE: The Power of Resilience

Resilience is a word that gets thrown around a lot when we talk about founders, but what does it really mean? Maybe being 13 years old and becoming your mother's primary carer, your household's main breadwinner, never finishing school and then going on to establish two hugely successful cosmetics companies is one definition of resilience? That's precisely the definition of it for guest Jo Malone CBE—who achieved all this despite battling dyslexia and a bout of life-threatening cancer along the way. In this episode, you'll take a look at how Jo's resilience is put into practice through her mindset and actions—and be inspired to think about how your can apply her approach to your own life.

Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!

Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!

Nicholas Carlson

The thrilling story of how Marissa Mayer became the CEO of Yahoo in her 30s

Power Up

Magdalena Yesil

How Smart Women Win in the New Economy

Get Paid for Meaningful Work

Get Paid for Meaningful Work

Doing meaningful work doesn’t mean you have to be paid peanuts. Kari Skogland, the award-winning director behind shows like House of Cards and The Handmaid's Tale, is a champion for females working in male-dominated industries. Get some of her sage career advice on the film industry, freelancing and more in this episode.

When Women Ruled the World

When Women Ruled the World

Six Queens of Egypt

Workplace Confessions: Being Underpaid

Workplace Confessions: Being Underpaid

What do you do as a woman and a professional when you find that your male colleagues are earning more than you for the same job? Are you a man and see this as a systemic problem you'd like to change? In this episode, you'll get some insight from Robinhood's core consumer product lead, Dheerja Kaur. She'll give you some tips on asking to be treated equally in the workplace, and give male listeners some perspective on an issue they may not personally experience.

Rise of the Rocket Girls

Rise of the Rocket Girls

The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

Dear Madam President

Dear Madam President

Jennifer Palmieri

An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

Sophia Amoruso: Bouncing Back

Sophia Amoruso: Bouncing Back

How can mistakes and failures positively shape our lives? In 2016 Sophia Amoruso's company Nasty Gal was one of the fastest-growing fashion retailers in the world—until it filed for bankruptcy. In a six-month period Sophia went from the cover of Forbes to a failed marriage and business insolvency, all very publicly. At a time when there were few young female entrepreneurs, let alone those who went through such major, stigmatized changes in the public eye, one has to ask, "How did she bounce back and move on?" In this episode, you'll learn what Sophia did to move forward with her life, and how she managed to transform first-time mistakes into valuable learning curves so she could set up her second and wildly successful business: Girlboss.

Rise Up, Women!

Rise Up, Women!

The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes

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