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Helping female employees advance helps everyone | Don't let coronavirus make you lose sight of the future | 3 ways to keep tabs on CEO behavior Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( Dear SmartBrief reader, Leaders are facing unforeseen challenges because of the novel coronavirus and the disease caused by it, COVID-19, and we'd like to help by doing what we do best. To help all of us get through this extraordinary time, we are launching a publication dedicated to delivering solution-focused news and information around COVID-19. SmartBrief’s Special Report on Coronavirus will help you manage your organization and lead your employees in this highly uncertain environment. We’ll keep you informed on a range of topics, including best practices for a work-from-home workforce, effective communication with customers and colleagues, and news about organizations adapting to a dramatically different business environment. We’ll also keep you abreast of up-to-date information on the pandemic’s life cycle and its economic effect. If you'd like to receive this free, twice-weekly newsletter, please [sign up today.]( You’ll receive your first issue on Tuesday, March 17. (Select the button below.) [Sign Up]( Of course, SmartBrief editors will continue to deliver news across our 200 newsletters as we have for more than 20 years. We are thankful to have you as readers and look forward to supporting you as we navigate this period together. Best regards, Rick Stamberger CEO SmartBrief SmartBrief, Inc. | 555 11th St. NW | Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004 | [Unsubscribe]( March 13, 2020 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [Helping female employees advance helps everyone]( Leaders can promote the ongoing growth and success of female employees by providing coaching and feedback that invites self-reflection and offers opportunities, writes Julie Winkle Giulioni, who cites a survey she conducted. "Building the capacity to do this with women also builds a capacity that supports the growth and development of all employees," she writes. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (3/12) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [5 behaviors of the "talented jerk"]( Five behaviors differentiate "brilliant jerks" from "a maverick CEO," including lying and acting secretively, Rob Shelton and Marc Epstein write. "If you stay vigilant of your own tendencies and behaviors, it is possible to be a smart, aggressive, risk-taking executive -- a talented maverick who makes great things happen -- and make room for the collaboration, openness, and strong ethical compass that prevent you from becoming a talented jerk," they write. Full Story: [Texas CEO Magazine]( (3/12) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Strategic Management [] [Don't let coronavirus make you lose sight of the future]( Samsonite CEO Kyle Gendreau says he's focusing on keeping his employees safe in the short term during the coronovirus pandemic even as he continues communicating an optimistic message about long-term plans. "Keeping people in a positive state of mind that we're all in this together and we will come out on the other side all together on this is a huge piece of what I'm doing," he says. Full Story: [Chief Executive]( (3/12) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [3 ways to keep tabs on CEO behavior]( Companies can keep a CEO in check by implementing peer management at the C-suite level, giving employees an anonymous way to report bad behavior and having boards offer frequent reviews, writes Wojtek Dabrowski. "The board must always recognize that impressive profits or stock returns do not make up for ethical lapses -- and that those lapses can cause long-term damage to a company," he writes. Full Story: [Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model)]( (3/11) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Smarter Communication [] [Communicate and keep calm during stressful times]( Clear and constant communication, while projecting a sense of calm and reassurance, is needed for leaders in challenging times, write Karin Hurt and David Dye. "When you have to lead through rapid change or stressful circumstances, you often don't know what you'll show up to -- but as a leader you always choose how you'll show up," they write. Full Story: [Let's Grow Leaders]( (3/12) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Smarter Living Get your mind and body right each Friday [] [Schedule reading time]( Schedule reading time (Pixabay) Develop a habit of reading books by beginning with topics that interest you, putting time on your calendar and sharing what you read, writes Nancy Nyarko. "You will not always feel like reading but to grow the reading habit, you have to make time to read," she writes. Full Story: [Thrive Global]( (3/11) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] In Their Own Words [] [Rubenstein: Humble beginnings created a drive for success]( Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein is the son of two high-school dropouts and says that "[a]s a general rule of thumb, the people running the world are people from blue-collar families who are lower middle class." He discusses the social inequity he sees and that, while he doesn't know how to fix it, he is trying to help by practicing philanthropy. Full Story: [The New York Times (tiered subscription model)]( (3/12) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Daily Diversion [] [A mother's nose knows her children, study says]( A [study]( of German mothers suggests a majority can accurately judge the development of children just by their smell and commonly find the odor of prepubescent children "sweet" while perceiving less pleasant odors from older children. 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