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Women leaders offer advice at Fortune summit | 4 ways to integrate parenting lessons into leadership | 3 reasons we fail at leadership and how to overcome them Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( June 30, 2021 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] A Leader's Edge [] [Women leaders offer advice at Fortune summit]( At Fortune's recent "Most Powerful Women Next Gen" digital summit, several speakers -- including former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, makeup entrepreneur Bobbi Brown and Facebook's Fidji Simo -- shared personal stories and offered advice to aspiring female leaders. "Understand the politics in the organization, but don't play the politics of the organization," offered Nooyi, whose advice is included in Fortune's summit roundup. 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"[I]nterrogate any 'one-size-fits-all' approaches to leadership you may have thought worked in the past, upgrading to more-nuanced methods to maximize individual needs while keeping your team whole," they write. Full Story: [Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model)]( (6/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [3 reasons we fail at leadership and how to overcome them]( Research by Brandon Hall Group finds companies fail at successful leadership for three main reasons: not implementing a companywide model for how leaders should behave; confusing leadership and management competencies; and failing to scale the development of leaders. Brandon Hall Group's Claude Werder explains how employers can effectively implement a leadership program. 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Full Story: [The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.)]( (6/23) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Women and Innovation in the Workforce [] [PepsiCo named among top workplaces for women]( Parity.org has recognized PepsiCo's and Clorox's commitment to gender equity in the workplace by including them on the Best Companies for Women to Advance List 2021. Companies making the list have instituted practices benefiting working women such as flex scheduling, work-from-home policies, paid family leave for men and women and zero-tolerance for harassment. Full Story: [Progressive Grocer]( (6/23) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] WFF News [] [From team member to team leader]( The moment you find out that the promotion you have been preparing and striving for is yours can be filled with a sense of satisfaction, excitement and visions of all you will accomplish moving forward. 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