Lead Like a Girl: The New Leadership Playbook for Women and Men

by Dalia Feldheim, Sheryl Sandberg (Foreword by)

Overview

"An incredibly forward-looking and positive example of how to be and how to work in today's world." Booklist

For women AND men, this fresh look at leadership helps us all learn to connect to our more feminine leadership traits and lead like a girl!

Lead Like a Girl is a holistic look at how to achieve purpose and joy at work. It is about turning the world of work into a place where empathy, intuition, passion, and resilience take their rightful place, where women can lead like women and men can tap into their more feminine leadership traits and dare to lead (more) like a girl!

Dalia Feldheim was one of the marketing directors behind the 2014 global Always ad campaign “#LikeAGirl.” This message touched a nerve for women and men alike becoming much more than a commercial – as it became an icon for women’s empowerment. The ad was selected by Forbes as one of the 10 most influential campaigns of the decade.

In the commercial, while a young girl understand the phrase ‘run like a girl’ to mean, run as fast as you can, somewhere along the way, doing things “like a girl” becomes an insult. The goal of the commercial was to change the meaning of words and reclaim the phrase to simply mean “be proud of who you are.”

With Dalia’s new book it is time to reclaim that phrase once again and this time in the world of leadership.

It’s time to stop asking our women leaders to lead like men and instead start learning from what is working for our women leaders—and share that wisdom with everyone, men and women alike. Lead Like a Girl is a provocative call to action to all leaders to stop wearing an emotional mask at work and connect to their more feminine leadership traits - owning their passion, perseverance, people skills, and positivity.

With her flare for relatable storytelling, Dalia shares her executive leadership journey of over two decades backed by theoretical underpinning from the world of psychology, business, and mindfulness to encourage leaders to connect to their more feminine super powers: be courageous, lead from their heart, and Lead (more) Like a Girl.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538194119
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/16/2024
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	5.45(w) x 8.45(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dalia Feldheim spent 17 years at Procter & Gamble, where she led some of the world’s most successful brand-building campaigns including the iconic Always “#LikeAGirl”, Tampax “Mother Nature” and Whisper “Touch the pickle” all Cannes advertising award winners. Later appointed Chief Marketing Officer for Electrolux Asia, she led a transformational change program that won the first ever Effie award for business results and creativity and turned the region around into a Best-In-Class consumer and digital-centric organization. Passionate about women empowerment, while at P&G she founded P&G’s Russia Women’s Network, and later did the same in Singapore. In 2018, Dalia established her own Leadership Consultancy (Flow Leadership Consulting) and turned her attention full time to her passion for supporting leaders to impact change with greater purpose, joy, and mindful flow. Dalia is a sought-after global speaker (Including TEDx) and her clients include multinationals like Google, FB, LinkedIn, Netflix, Microsoft and others. Dalia is an adjunct professor for Happiness at Work at SMU (Singapore Management University). She splits her time between Singapore and Israel.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Sheryl Sandberg

Preface:The story behind the story- what it means to lead like a girl

Introduction: Are you a compassionate Leader? The 5P model self-assessment

Section 1: Purpose

Chapter 1: Lead with Purpose, Live in Flow

Chapter 2: The science of goal setting

Section 2: Power-Up

Chapter 3: Master energy not time

Chapter 4: Mindful Recovery

Section 3: Perseverance

Chapter 5: Overcoming fear and our limiting believes

Chapter 6: Learning to dance with adversity

Section 4: People

Chapter 7: Self-fullness – Your Relationship with your self

Chapter 8: Making your partner a true partner

Chapter 9: Work-life balance as a parent

Chapter 10: Managing people- how to become an inspirational leader

Chapter 11: Managing people- Best practices for women advancement

Chapter 12: Positive power—become politically savvy

Section 5: Positivity

Chapter 13: Emotional Bravery

Chapter 14: Positivity and Gratitude

Chapter 15: Bringing it all together- Post traumatic growth

Bibliography

Notes

Index

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Lead Like a Girl is a motivating read that will help you recognize that figuring out your passion is what gives you creativity and strength- a terrific read for those searching for inspiration and ideas to help you find your path.

Kara Goldin

This important book will help awaken humanity to the fact that the answer to most of our problems – planetary, societal, business – are right in front of us: the long-overdue elevation and celebration of the feminine energy that is our most distinguishing quality as humans. That energy is available to men and women alike. We must recognize it, cherish it and harness it.

Raj Sisodia

I’ve always believed that instead of trying to ‘fix’ women, we should learn from them. I had the pleasure of awarding Dalia the P&G Europe diversity award in 2003 for her internal maternity guide ‘Mom’ and am excited she is bringing all her knowledge to a broader audience. Dalia’s book Lead Like a Girl is brilliantly crafted, combining her personal experience as a senior leader, her vast academic knowledge, and practical advice for what leaders can do to allow women and men to lead from their heart—a must read for all managers aspiring to become inspirational leaders—women and especially men!

Paul Polman

Until ‘you’re leading like a girl’ is a compliment the world over, we will need books like this. Fortunately, Dalia has written one that is inspiring, actionable, and fun to read!

Hanneke Faber

Dalia Feldheim captures in concrete, easily understood, yet fresh terms the qualities of outstanding leadership. She shows how to take advantage of natural attributes particularly possessed by women—empathy, nurturing, intuition—and encourages women to take advantage of their natural strengths, to recognize their purpose, and take strength from their passion. She has, I think, very effectively encouraged men like me to do the same.

John Pepper

Sheryl Sandberg, of Facebook and Lean In fame, pens a foreword to this memoir and leadership book from advertising executive Feldheim. Readers will be hooked from the start by Feldheim's intensely personal story of her life both in business and at home: episodes from Procter & Gamble, where she worked for 17 years, along with the ups and downs of parenthood. Some topics will be familiar to readers of other how-to-be-a-leader books, like adopting the insights of compassion, overcoming fear and anxiety, and refuting harmful perceptions of so-called bossy traits attributed to women. Feldheim excels at providing roadmaps, such as a manager toolkit about psychological safety, introspective self-care exercises, and end-of-chapter activities that not only identify potential issues and benefits but also reveal hidden individual merits. A few example activities: values alignment in a relationship, work-life balance coping strategies, feedback samples, 10 tips to manage highly political environments, and gratitude exercises. An incredibly forward-looking and positive example of how to be and how to work in today’s world.

Booklist

Leadership consultant Dalia Feldheim offers a fresh, well-researched consideration of groundbreaking leadership methods[.]

getAbstract

In Lead Like a Girl, Dalia Feldheim shares her wit, wisdom, and worldliness. By combining storytelling and scientific research, she provides clear and accessible advice for women (and men) who strive for a meaningful, purposeful, and successful life.

Tal Ben-Shahar

Dalia Feldheim is and has always been an exceptional leader. This is evident throughout her book, Lead Like a Girl. It is filled with leadership lessons and practical advice backed by thoughtful research, as well as wonderful stories about what it means to lead with courage and authenticity. A must and easy read for every leader out there.

Melanie Healey

Dalia brings two decades of corporate wisdom, coaching, and academic teaching to this book written with love. Each chapter captivates you with stories, research, and practical tools to encourage us all to lead from the heart. A true gem and a must-read for any leader who has the courage to lead from the heart!

Claude Silver