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More and more, women today are challenging long-held beliefs about what they can and can't do. They're speaking up, stepping out, breaking through, and redefining what society has always told them was true about their capabilities. In Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business, Andi Simon tells the stories of 11 women from different industries who opened up the possibilities for their professional careers and personal lives by being authentic, taking risks, and pushing past the obstacles others placed before them. These are stories that tell of innovation, show how women rise, and ignite change. Andi, not only a senior business executive and tenured professor but also a corporate anthropologist, an award-winning author, and a successful entrepreneur, debunks myth after myth as she profiles the women in the book and offers key wisdom, insights, and observations through her unique lens. Whether about entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists, academics, attorneys, or leaders in other fields, the stories demonstrate how all the women have broken down walls and paved the way to more. Readers quickly come to understand that this book isn't just about the 11 women who are pushing boundaries and transforming business, culture, and society; it's about inspiring all women to achieve and showing them a way to launch forward. Rethink provides the tools and framework readers will need to question the norms around them, challenge their own current thinking, and smash the preconceived notions about themselves that can so often hold them back from realizing their goals and dreams. Readers will learn how to take a hands-on approach to examining and rethinking their own personal and professional lives in order to recognize a fuller potential.

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Female trailblazers are transforming women’s lives one voice at a time. Gathered together, like never before, these diverse women become a bold blast amplifying the path to progress for women in the world of business. Business needs women, and women mean business. This book provides over 500 insights from women you may not have in your own life when you need support. The voices of mentorship fill these pages to help you achieve your personal goals at every stage of your career. This book will help uplift and accelerate your career. The cast of female leaders and luminaries offering support will help you go where successful women go. Discover how to build circles of influence that impact you personally and your career advancement. Where are you going Who can help you get there How can you achieve and embrace the best possible you How will you mean business Whether you want to be a CEO; lead the C-suite; become an entrepreneur, activist, or philanthropist; or blaze a different trail, success should be obtainable for all women. These women personify the best of what we all can be and help elevate other women. They hope to inspire you to write your own story and blaze your own trail. This book encompasses everything women need to know about modern female leadership. Written by bestselling authors and business experts Edie Fraser, Robyn Spizman, and Andrea Simon, this book includes leaders and luminaries such as: Sheila Johnson, Founder and CEO, Salamander Hotels and Resorts Margo Georgiadis, Serial CEO and Board Leader, McDonald’s and four other boards Lilly Ledbetter, Activist Kay Unger, COO, the Kay Unger Family Foundation Carol Tome, CEO UPS Aster Angagaw, Amazon Executive and former President of ServiceMaster Brands

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