I love speaking to book clubs!
It’s part of my “Empowering Women” mission. Here I am (third from left) with members of a Women in Communications book club.
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My Leading Women co-authors and I provide how-to’s and advice from the trenches, including best practices for:
- Building careers
- Creating strong relationships
- Connecting with other women
- Creating a better world
- Conquering the barriers that keep you from living the satisfying and purposeful life you deserve.
It’s time for women to connect, collaborate and help each other. This book is a prime example of what women can do. In fact, it’s not just a book, a new women’s movement.
Book Club Discussion Questions
- What are some of the challenges facing women who want to be leaders today? What solutions do the authors suggest?
- How can women change their relationship with power?
- What do women need to do to master the power of the podium?
- What are some key differences in the ways men and women communicate?
- What are some things women can do to build their brands as leaders?
- Describe some of the feminine skills that are coming to be appreciated today.
- Which points from the second section (mastering our internal environment) looked most useful to you? (changing the stories we tell ourselves, finding our courage, centering with poise, loving yourself and others, learn who you are rather than what you do, reframing your perceptions, cultivate health and wellness and celebrating accomplishments).
- Why is it important for women to mentor to support girls and each other?
- Do you have to be a feminist to support women’s rights?
- Why is it important for women to control their own money? Do you need a lot of money to become a philanthropist?
- What is the most effective strategy for teaching new skills in communities in the developing world?
- How does information empower women?
- How can you identify and live your own legacy?
- What one thing did you find most valuable?
- What questions would you like to ask me?
Leading Women is about connecting and sharing information. Please continue to reach out and help other women and to share the book.
Notes about the Book
SECTION 1: MASTERING OUR EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
- Redefine Power (Gloria Feldt) Not Power OVER, but Power TO.
- Power of the Podium (Lois Phillips) – must do it to establish credibility.
- Get Yourself Heard (Claire Damken Brown) Gender Communication
What is the difference between men and women communication?
- How to become Natural & Necessary Leaders (Lois Frankel) – building brand, sit at the table, etc.
- Soft Is the New Hard (Birute Regine) –soft feminine skills are hard to learn and apply. Discuss and/or ask how they are in demand now.
SECTION 2: MASTERING OUR INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
- Do You Need A Reason to Love? (Marci Schimoff) –Uplifting power of self-love affects everything we do.
- Poise, the Final Ingredient (Linda Rendleman) Thoughtful piece about her journey and what empowered her.
- Transforming our stories (Bridget Cook Burch) Maybe—Background–Talk about meeting Rebecca Musser. (POWER OF OUR STORIES)
- Women Hit the Bull’s Eye with Courage (Sandra Walston) Focusing on what is true for you and applying your courage from the heart.
- The Burden of Greatness (Marcia Reynolds) “Who you are is different from what you can accomplish.” Could talk more about Wander Woman and that background.
- 4 Lessons from a Tire Iron (Lisa Mininni) How traumatic events change the course of our lives.
- Power of Perspective and Perception (Kristin Andress) Stories about how shifting your gaze can completely change how you experience life. (Background on Kristin—what you know of her
- New Beauty Paradox (Vivian Diller) Background about Vivian choosing careers based on her looks –dancer and model—then psychologist counseling people who age out of careers. Integrating inside and outside beauty as we age.
- Ignite Your Life and Connect for a Better World (Dr. Nancy) Can’t do anything without your health: includes mind, body and spirit….celebrating your accomplishments, etc.
SECTION 3: CONNECTING TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER
- Seven Keys to Unlocking Female Leadership (Janet Rose Wojtalik) women helping women and girls—brand themselves, be aware of obstacles and myths, overcoming stereotypes.
- You Don’t Have to Be a Feminist to Support Women’s Rights (Cheryl Benton) Women need to work together for equality world-wide, no matter what you call it.
- Redefining Sex and Power (Joanna Krotz) Women hold unprecedented wealth today, but still often hand it over to men to control. Money journalist, Joanna, talks about the 6 phobias women have about money and tells how to overcome them.
- African Women Rising – Empowering Agents of Change (Rebecca Tinsley) Empowers local women to make changes rather than delivering aid, and helping to change cruel traditions that harm women: When one of us suffers, we all suffer. How women in developed world can help.
- Information: The Best Form of Philanthropy (Shirley Osborne) Great story about the founding of a school in a factory in the 1800’s and how that became the college for women that Shirley graduated from. Also great examples of how philanthropists today contribute to information as the most empowering gift.
- Live Your Legacy: Leadership, Philanthropy and Transformation (Aurea McGarry) Inspirational message of how and why to keep trying. Share her story if time.