CEOs: Act with authenticity, recover from failure

CEOs: Act with authenticity, recover from failure | The right goal-setting approach for your personality | How to manage a micromanaging boss Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( January 9, 2019 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [FORWARD]( [] A Leader's Edge [] [CEOs: Act with authenticity, recover from failure]( Embracing authenticity, taking risks and recovering from setbacks are among the steps necessary to achieve success, these female CEOs say. "The person who gets up faster and keeps moving forward wins," said Daina Trout, co-founder and CEO of Health-Ade Kombucha. [Forbes]( (1/4) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Career Progression: Developing Leaders [] [The right goal-setting approach for your personality]( The types of goals people set -- and the strategies they use to accomplish them -- might be based on personality type. Assertive people might prefer performance-based goals, whereas analytical workers might opt for learning-based objectives. [Fast Company online]( (1/8) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [How to manage a micromanaging boss]( The key to setting boundaries with your superiors is to keep an open line of communication and to think like a leader yourself, writes leadership expert Stacy Pollack. Come prepared to work at meetings, and aim to lead conversations with your boss instead of being led. [Glassdoor]( (1/2) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Keep emails short if you want them to be read]( Keep emails short and to the point, suggests Land O' Lakes CEO Beth Ford, because people don't have time to read through long messages. Leah Fessler writes, "Directness and honesty are in, not only because they facilitate deeper workplace relationships, but also because they just make life easier, and more efficient." [Quartz]( (1/6) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [How to be more productive and save time]( Create templates and checklists to streamline production of routine tasks, suggests Elizabeth Grace Saunders. Reuse available material or content when possible to speed up production in a pinch, she adds. [Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model)]( (1/7) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] SmartBrief Originals [] [Gut health drives a greater share of food choices]( Health-conscious consumers' focus is shifting from heart health to digestive health, spurring them to seek products like kombucha and gluten-free foods, writes Laurie Demeritt, CEO of The Hartman Group. Choices include more whole and probiotic-filled foods, as well as herbs and spices such as mint and chamomile that act as digestive botanicals, she writes. [SmartBrief/Food & Beverage]( (1/9) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Read the latest food and travel coverage in [SmartBrief Originals](: [] - [Where does cannabis stand in the alcoholic beverage market?]( [] - [Hotel foodservice trends to follow in 2019]( [] - [Craft beer makers brewed up bigger business in 2018]( [] Diversity and Inclusion [] [Board diversity doesn't always extend to executive ranks]( Companies that diversify their boards of directors don't necessarily hire a diverse slate of candidates to serve in executive positions, Susan Reed writes. This phenomenon suggests that "corporations have been quick to seize the public relations aspect of diversity," she notes. [The Washington Post (tiered subscription model)]( (1/4) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [3 ways to move the needle on diversity]( Leaders tend to see recruitment as the biggest factor in organizational diversity, but they may not recognize the biases that members of minority groups face daily, writes Miki Tsusaka of Boston Consulting Group. Implementing anti-discrimination policies, offering relevant training and establishing clear criteria for performance evaluations may help. [World Economic Forum]( (1/3) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Women and Innovation in the Workforce [] [Women-led firms getting cash infusion from Goldman]( Goldman Sachs has already invested more than $100 million in startups run by women as it looks to fulfill its pledge to inject $500 million into these firms. The move could help address the disparities in funding that female entrepreneurs often face. [Bloomberg (tiered subscription model)]( (1/7) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [] [A] highly diverse board does not necessarily mean that the executives who run a company are -- or ever become -- truly diverse. Susan Reed, writing at [The Washington Post]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Learn more about the WFF: [About the WFF]( | [Join the WFF]( | [WFF Programs]( [Sign Up]( [SmartBrief offers 200+ newsletters]( [Advertise]( [Learn more about the SmartBrief audience]( Subscriber Tools: [Manage Subscriptions]( [Update Your Profile]( [Unsubscribe]( [Send Feedback]( [Archive]( [Search]( Contact Us: Advertising - [Chris Warne](mailto:cwarne@smartbrief.com) P: 646.462.4647 Editor - [Amy Sung](mailto:wff@smartbrief.com) Mailing Address: SmartBrief, Inc.®, 555 11th ST NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004 © 1999-2019 SmartBrief, Inc.® [Privacy Policy (updated May 25, 2018)]( | [Legal Information]( Â