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When Women Lead What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them

Julia Boorstin

This groundbreaking, deeply reported work from CNBC’s Julia Boorstin reveals the key characteristics that help top female leaders thrive as they innovate, grow businesses, and navigate crises —“a must-read for all leaders as they consider the future of work”

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Pivot

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The book discussed the CEO's efforts to reform the dating app industry and push for regulation. Copies of the book were available in the lounge.

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I also had the opportunity to interview her for my book, When Women Lead.

— Episode: Whitney Wolfe Herd at Code 2023

Episode: Whitney Wolfe Herd at Code 2023

The book discussed the CEO's efforts to reform the dating app industry and push for regulation. Copies of the book were available in the lounge.

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I also had the opportunity to interview her for my book, When Women Lead.

In the book, I talked a lot about her efforts to reform the industry and push through regulation, and copies of the book are in the lounge over there.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Julia explained that she wrote the book to share the stories of about 60 women leaders, weaving together interviews and academic research to show how they defied the odds and what others can learn from them.

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where I could report out this amazing book. And I actually found that even during the hardest and most frustrating times of the pandemic, interviewing inspiring women was such a jolt of energy, and I...

— Episode: Confidence Classic: How to Unlock Your F...

Episode: Confidence Classic: How to Unlock Your Full Potent...

Julia explained that she wrote the book to share the stories of about 60 women leaders, weaving together interviews and academic research to show how they defied the odds and what others can learn from them.

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where I could report out this amazing book. And I actually found that even during the hardest and most frustrating times of the pandemic, interviewing inspiring women was such a jolt of energy, and I loved reporting this book so much.

I thought that we could all learn so much by trying to figure out how these women had managed to defy the odds. And I thought by telling the stories of these women who had defied the odds, I could learn from them, and other people can learn from them.

This is more important for men to listen to than it is for women. I think a lot of women will find my book resonates, they'll find that a lot of the stuff feels familiar to them and really speaks to them, but the reality is, men have a huge opportunity here in emulating and adopting some of these practices.

You can order it online. It's at all the major booksellers. You can buy the book now.

You can learn more about when women lead on my website, which is juliaborsten.com. You can buy the book now.

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