10 ways women can grow their influence at work

Best Buy CEO: Why career discomfort can be positive | How retail veteran Roz Brewer is perking up Starbucks | P&G leaders earn spots on Most Powerful Women list Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( October 1, 2019 CONNECT WITH NEW  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( €‰ [NEW SmartBrief]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equality news for retail, CPG, financial services and tech [SIGN UP]( â‹… [FORWARD]( [] Top of the week [] [Best Buy CEO: Why career discomfort can be positive]( Women in leadership roles should be prepared to speak up even when it's uncomfortable, because doing so can help drive personal growth and the ability to stand out in your field, says Best Buy CEO Corie Barry. At 44, Barry is the youngest female CEO in the Fortune 100 and one of just 27 female leaders in the S&P 500. [CNBC]( (9/28) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Women's leadership [] [How retail veteran Roz Brewer is perking up Starbucks]( [How retail veteran Roz Brewer is perking up Starbucks]( Brewer (Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images) When former Walmart executive Roz Brewer signed on as Starbucks' chief operating officer two years ago, she immersed herself in learning the coffee culture while using her retail experience and no-nonsense approach to impose more structure on the coffee giant as it enters a new phase. She reduced the number of projects in progress at the corporate office and started the process of streamlining in-store operations. [Fortune]( (9/24) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [P&G leaders earn spots on Most Powerful Women list]( Two women CEOs at Procter & Gamble made Fortune magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women International list. R. Alexandra Keith, CEO of P&G's global Beauty division, took the 36th spot in the rankings and Fama Francisco, CEO of the company's Baby and Feminine Care division, was ranked No. 37. [The Business Journals (tiered subscription model)/Cincinnati]( (9/30), [Fortune]( (9/24) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [First Latina to go to space offers leadership advice]( First Latina to go to space offers leadership advice Ochoa (NASA/Getty Images) Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina to go to space in 1993, says she relies on two pieces of advice from Marine friends to be an effective leader -- accomplish the mission and take care of your people -- adding that "if you do No. 2 well, then your team will take care of No. 1." She praises her teachers with encouraging her to go into STEM at a time when it was a field lacking in diversity, and advises Latinas embarking on a STEM career to be an important part of the team and to work hard. 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[SmartBrief/Leadership]( (9/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [5G seen as opening up high-tech jobs for women]( The advent of 5G networks will "open up a lot of high-skill jobs" for women, AT&T Business' Christina Cheng told an industry conference, an assessment echoed by a Strategy Analytics analyst and a Google Cloud executive. They agreed that disruptive markets generally present opportunities for anyone with the skills to take advantage of them. [Light Reading]( (9/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Girls try out tech careers in school partnership]( Grand Island Public Schools' Academy of Engineering and Technology in Nebraska is working with a local business to introduce high-school girls to tech career options. Only 10% of students at the academy are female, and officials at the business, Chief Industries, says fewer than 20% of its own IT roles are filled by women -- numbers both institutions hope to change through the partnership. KSNB-TV (Hastings, Neb.)]( (9/24) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Growth rate of minority women-owned businesses surpasses others]( Minority women -- owners of 50% of all women-owned businesses in the US -- have seen their own companies grow in the past five years at a rate nearly twice that of women-owned businesses in general, according to a study from American Express. The number of companies owned by women of color has jumped almost 43% since 2014; the number of new businesses owned by women overall has grown by 21.3%; and companies founded by people of all genders has risen 9%. [The Associated Press]( (9/24) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Press Releases - [DXC Technology Appoints Mary Finch to Lead Global Human Resources]( [Post a Press Release]( [] [] Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand. 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