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Women in a Leading Role

Senior healthcare executive and author Jackie Gaines shares advice and support for experienced and aspiring women leaders.

Today’s project leaders have their work cut out for them as they navigate through the pandemic and face unprecedented levels of chaos. There’s little room for mistakes, uncertainty lurks around every corner, and people are anxious and worried. Still, this is the perfect time for women leaders to let their skills shine, says Jackie Gaines, an award-winning senior executive with more than 40 years of leadership experience.

As the command-and-control style of leadership is increasingly being replaced with a culture of collaboration, creativity, emotional intelligence, and engagement, it’s never been more important for women to embrace characteristics and abilities they have always brought to the table.

“Women leaders don’t need to mimic masculine behaviors to do a great job,” says Gaines, author of Wearing the Yellow Suit: A Guide for Women in Leadership. “Not only do we have everything we need to lead on our own terms, but our natural abilities and characteristics are also exactly what organizations need now more than ever.”

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