Edition No 140. Get out there and do this.

DEAR WOMEN WHO DO,

Get out there. That seems to be the secret wisdom of the women featured in this week's newsletter. From CEO Karen Harvey, to book author Stephanie Harrison, our happiness, our network and even our ability to consensus build comes from connecting with other people. Read on for more insights about how connecting with new people could be the secret to your career and life transformation.?

WIE SUITE WOMAN?

Karen Harvey On The State of the Fashion Industry and How to Stay in the Zeitgeist

Karen Harvey is the CEO and Founder of Karen Harvey Consulting Group – KHC, Fashion Tech Forum and INDX.

YOU ARE A SUPER CONNECTOR; WHAT DO YOU DO TO HONE THIS SKILL? OR WHAT MIGHT OTHERS DO?

In our world, we don’t think about being super connectors, per se. Instead, we think about the responsibility we have to be constantly staying at the center of the zeitgeist so that we are helping clients stay relevant and work with best in class talent. We are constantly learning from our extraordinary global community of brands and talents that are best-in-class business and creative leaders, operators and innovators - and believe it’s critically important to be applying a growth mindset and curiosity to discover what we don’t know, and to discover who is making the most impact from a variety of vantage points.

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MUST READS?

New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That’s Got It Wrong, A Book by Stephanie Harrison

In New Happy, happiness expert and social media sensation Stephanie Harrison draws upon hundreds of studies to offer a life-changing guide to finding the happiness you have been looking for.?

It’s not your fault if you are unhappy. You have been told three lies: you’re not good enough; you need to achieve fame, wealth, and power; and you need to do it all on your own. This is Old Happy, our society’s false definition of happiness, and it’s making us miserable.

In her book, she shares the the truth: you are enough, you have unique and important gifts, and using them to help other people leads to your happiness. We have an excerpt here.

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MOVE THE NEEDLE

Consensus-Building In The Workplace

When establishing yourself as an effective and respected leader, it’s critical to prove to your team that you value their viewpoints - that is, after all, why you hired them in the first place. Consensus isn’t just about avoiding disagreement, it’s about listening to different perspectives, collaborating, and finding common ground. A workplace which fosters consensus building leads to increased productivity, higher employee satisfaction, and better results. So, how do we get there? How can we cultivate consensus in a professional environment?

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MUST READ NEWS

OUR WEEKEND READING LIST.?

Letters to the Editor: Two views on Harrison Butker’s Catholic college commencement speech (The L.A. Times)

OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded (WIRED)

What is Anne Hathaway Trying to Tell Us? (Culture Study)

COMMUNITY NEWS

MEMBER NEWS

• Dina Rosenbloom was promoted to CEO of Hairstory.?
• Dawn Huckelbridge, founding director of Paid Leave For All, was quoted in the Washington Post about Melinda Gates departure from the Gates foundation.?
• Founder Jing Gao was featured in AdWeek.

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