The document provides advice for women in leadership. It recommends taking care of your physical, emotional, and mental health. It also suggests getting rid of guilt, building relationships through networking, being direct in your communication, constantly learning, balancing authenticity with self-control, increasing self-awareness, knowing where you want to go in your career, taking risks, thinking strategically, and not sweating the small stuff. The overall message is that women should focus on developing themselves as leaders.

1. Women In Leadership
Sree Menon

2. Take Care of Yourself
• Physically, Emotionally and Mentally
• People around you count on you and your energy levels
• Live in the moment
Because if you don’t then who will?

3. Get Rid of Guilt – A woman’s curse
‘Show me a Woman with no guilt and I will show you a
man’- Madeline Albright
• Perfection is in its imperfection
• Be present – whether at home, or at work
• You can achieve it all- But not all at once

4. Build Relationships
• Network, Network, Network
• Ask what you can do for others as they can do for you
• Have a Non-transactional view on relationships & networking
We are in the people business

5. Be Direct
• Differentiate between action, impact and your emotions about it
• It’s ok to be emotional and vulnerable – but a healthy mix with
logic and data is advisable
• Stand up for yourself and be heard
Make sure to communicate – Don’t hold back

6. Learn Constantly
• If you have stopped learning you must be dead
• Learn about your field, related fields, unrelated fields –
always expanding your horizon
• Watch leaders, people you admire and those you don’t -
learn from their actions and inactions
Even if it’s what not to do

7. Authenticity with self control
• Authenticity is the most important, leadership & life , quality
characteristic
• Fine balance between being authentic and cultural relevance
• Combine with relatability and approachability
People can smell fake from a mile away

8. Self awareness
• You are changing, so should your understanding of yourself
• Only you know you… don’t let anyone tell you otherwise
• Understand your Development areas, acknowledge and
work on them
Play to your strengths & understand your Achilles heel

9. Know where you want to go
• Starting destination & ending destination- Maps vs Waze
• Enjoy the journey along the way, learn and take in the sights
• Understand the conditions of the roads, the prep you need to do
for the trip & pace yourself
And allow flexibility in the path

10. Take risks
• Its about the experience you gain, not always about success
• If you don’t try, you will never succeed…
• What is the worst outcome of failure?
Failure is a badge

11. Big Picture
• Inculcate Strategic thinking- It is a differentiator
• Pick the right battles
• Right balance of navigating ‘being in the weeds and looking at
things holistically’
Don’t sweat the small stuff

12. Thank You
Sree Menon