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The Power Paradox: Authentic Female Leadership in Today's World

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Discover how to lead authentically as a woman in a world still catching up. Drawing from Brene Brown's courage research, Amy Edmondson's psychological safety framework, and Susan Colantuono's strategic insights, this episode reveals evidence-based tactics for navigating double binds while building your unique leadership path.

The Power Paradox: Authentic Female Leadership in Today's World
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Transformational, Transactional, and Laissez-Faire Leadership Styles: A Meta-Analysis Comparing Women and Men
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https://www.ovid.com/journals/plbul/pdf/00006823-200307000-00005~transformational-transactional-and-laissez-faire-leadership
What Works: Gender Equality by Design
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https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/what-works-gender-equality-design
Economic and leadership gaps: constraining growth and skewing transitions (Report section)
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https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2024/in-full/economic-and-leadership-gaps-constraining-growth-and-skewing-transitions-7b05a512cb/
The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men—and What We Can Do About It
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https://www.maryannsieghart.com/the-authority-gap/
Susan Colantuono: The career advice you probably didn’t get
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https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_colantuono_the_career_advice_you_probably_didn_t_get
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/lean-in-by-sheryl-sandberg
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
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https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/susan-cain/
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/invisible-women-by-caroline-criado-perez
A network’s gender composition and communication pattern predict women’s leadership success
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https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1721438116
Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams
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https://dash.harvard.edu/entities/publication/13a7b031-0fdd-45ec-a7e0-2b80e2bc679f
Role Congruity Theory of Prejudice Toward Female Leaders
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12088246/
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/ba7ddc1f-adb5-43dd-87a3-1734bbded7c6
HBR IdeaCast
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https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/01/creating-psychological-safety-in-the-workplace
Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders
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https://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders
Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/executive-presence-by-sylvia-ann-hewlett
Huberman Lab
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/essentials-how-to-learn-skills-faster
Global Gender Gap Report 2024
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https://www.weforum.org/publications/series/global-gender-gap-report/
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/hidden-potential-by-adam-grant
NSDR (Non‑Sleep Deep Rest) Protocols
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/nsdr
The Glass Cliff: Evidence that Women are Over-Represented in Precarious Leadership Positions
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2005.00433.x
Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson
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https://pods.ee/723
The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-fearless-organization-by-amy-c-edmondson
Reshma Saujani: Teach girls bravery, not perfection
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/teach-girls-bravery-not-perfection-reshma-saujani
Dare to Lead
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/dare-to-lead-by-bren-brown
Social incentives for gender differences in the propensity to initiate negotiations: Sometimes it does hurt to ask
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749597806000884
Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman
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https://mastersofscale.com/episode/nooyi/
How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/how-women-rise-by-sally-goldsmith
Dare to Lead with Brené Brown
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https://brenebrown.com/podcast/imposter-syndrome/
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How can women lead authentically while navigating workplace double standards?

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