How Women Rise with Sally Helgesen | The Good Leadership Podcast #50

Sally Helgesen, cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership, is an internationally best-selling author, speaker and leadership coach. She has been named by Thinker’s 50 as one of the world’s top 20 coaches and ranked number 6 among the world’s thought leaders by Global Gurus.

Sally’s most recent book, How Women Rise, co-authored with legendary executive coach Marshall Goldsmith, examines the behaviors most likely to get in the way of successful women. It became the top-seller in its field within a week of publication and rights have been sold in 18 languages.

Previous books include The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership, hailed as the classic in its field and continuously in print since 1990, and The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, which explores how women’s strategic insights can strengthen their careers. The Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations, was cited in The Wall Street Journal as one of the best books on leadership of all time and is credited with bringing the language of inclusion into business.

How Women Rise: https://www.amazon.com/Women-Marshall-Goldsmith-author-Helgesen/dp/0316418226

Sally's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Sally-Helgesen/e/B003B09UES

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Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:54) Sally’s career journey

(02:37) Challenges that women leaders face

(03:44) Internal barriers

(05:01) Faulty assumptions that organizations hold against women leaders

(08:14) Positive progress

(09:43) Behavior change

(11:46) Ways to increase awareness of bad habits

(13:16) Three stages of change

(15:29) Never disappointing anyone

(16:51) Women should always be role models for other women

(18:44) Different beliefs between men and women in workplace

(21:43) Behaviors to stay away from

(23:30) Expecting others to spontaneously notice and reward your contributions

(25:51) Putting your job before your career

(26:56) Failing to enlist allies from day one

(28:16) Perfection trap

(30:17) Women are more effective leaders than men

(31:28) Making sustainable lasting change requires focus

(33:29) Key takeaway

(34:33) Conclusion