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Eliza VanCort Is Teaching Women How to Claim Space Shamelessly

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VanCort survived multiple kidnappings by her mother who had a mental illness, a #MeToo moment at 16 and a traumatic brain injury in 2014. I surround myself with women who are just extraordinary… And I’ve also gotten very good at getting anti-mentors out of my life. VanCort’s book, A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space: Stand Tall.

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Rocking the Boat: 4 Traits of Wave Makers

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In my book Make Waves: Be the One to Start Change at Work and in Life , I share how to start a wave, but I also define the DNA of a Wave Maker (aka a changemaker). They seek out experts, read, listen and embrace mentoring relationships. This article was published in June 2014 and has been updated. Rethink how you define a wave.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Female entrepreneurs , CEOs and community leaders who mentor and support young women provide invaluable guidance, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their ambitions. Her forthcoming book, which is all about how to apply the framework to your own life, will be distributed by Simon & Schuster in fall 2024. With the U.S.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Women of color-owned firms saw a growth of 43% between 2014 and 2019, while firms owned by African American women saw both the highest growth rate (50%) and the highest number of “net new women-owned businesses” (42%). Henderson, a self-taught thought leader with three honorary doctorates and nine books to her credit, “served on the U.S.

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The Holy Grail of Investing With Tony Robbins: Mindset Shifts that Lay the Foundation for Financial Freedom

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After many years of success—and yes, failure—Robbins today sits atop a phenomenal multibillion-dollar brand that includes live and virtual training programs and seminars, seven internationally bestselling books, more than 25 million social media followers and a successful podcast that reaches millions more.

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How to Become a Certified Coach

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In 2018, my Uncle Bill bought me the book Vladimir Putin: Life Coach. My 2014 was chaos. 2014 plus the rest of life’s traumas has made me a great coachee, but also a formidable coach. I preferred my interactions with coaches because they could share their personal experiences, much as a workplace mentor would.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

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psychologist and author of over a dozen books, including Make More Money by Making Your Employees Happy. Certainly, the concept was not on the list of critical concerns in 1939 when he began writing his first book. He wrote 39 books that eventually led to him being known as the “father of modern management.”