How women lead successful remote teams

Empowering women, girls of color is important for US | How an HR exec transformed her career with one word | Land O'Lakes CEO urges lawmakers to fund rural broadband Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( October 29, 2020 CONNECT WITH NEW  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( €‰ [NEW SmartBrief]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equality news for retail, CPG, financial services and tech [SIGN UP]( â‹… [SHARE]( [] Top of the week [] [How women lead successful remote teams]( Women who lead teams in a remote environment tend to have a progressive management style that eschews the traditional command-and-control method, and they change their approach depending on the situation, writes Andrea Loubier, co-founder and CEO of Mailbird. Female leaders who display empathy and compassion help their teams remain productive and motivated while weathering the uncertainty of the pandemic, Loubier writes. 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Full Story: [The Hill]( (10/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [How an HR exec transformed her career with one word]( Executive Karen Rieck explains how saying "yes" to new ideas helped her jump-start her career in HR and has been the basis of her career philosophy over the past 28 years. "If you always say yes, you will have opportunities that you would never have dreamed of," Rieck says. Full Story: [Profile magazine]( (10/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Land O'Lakes CEO urges lawmakers to fund rural broadband]( Land O' Lakes CEO Beth Ford is calling for lawmakers to approve $100 billion in federal spending to expand and improve rural broadband, which she calls a national necessity because these communities are essential for providing the US with a strong food supply. HP CEO Enrique Lores agreed and added that the coronavirus pandemic has further highlighted the need to bridge the digital divide between rural and urban areas. 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"We want to make sure as we think this through, we are leaning into safety, health and economic-justice portfolios, plans, strategies -- to make sure we are not working at any one issue, but we are looking at the complex issues," says President and CEO Teresa Younger. Full Story: [Barron's (free content)]( (10/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Latina women on why they've left the workforce]( [Latina women on why they've left the workforce]( (Hector Vivas/Getty Images) The number of Latina women in the US workforce fell 2.7% between August and September, compared with a 1.2% decline for all women, and the jobless rate among the demographic increased to 11%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In this article, three Latina women -- including a former assistant vice president of HR at L'Oreal -- share why they left their jobs during the pandemic. 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