Running in High Heels

Sometimes the best man for the job…isn’t.™

The fact is, there’s never been a better time to be a woman in the business world. There have never been more opportunities for smart, talented women who want to lead. And you don’t have to trade your Jimmy Choos for wingtips to do it. That’s what Running in High Heels is all about. Extensive research has shown that there’s a largely untapped resource out there that has exactly what it takes to transform the modern workplace. A resource with the innate skills and talents necessary to engage with today’s employees and bring out their very best. A resource perfectly positioned to lead smart, savvy businesses to a new level of passion, productivity and profit. That resource is women leaders (and smart men willing to learn new skills). And the studies prove it.

• In 2012, Zenger Folkman compared 16 differentiating leadership competencies in men and women. Women not only outscored men in nurturing competencies like developing others and relationship building, the competencies with the largest differences between males and females were taking initiative, practicing self-development, integrity/honesty, and driving for results.

• The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, reports that companies with more women on their boards perform better on environmental, social and governance issues

• The June 2013 Inc. Magazine cover story “Between Venus and Mars” lists the key attributes needed by effective leaders as empathy, vulnerability, humility, inclusiveness, generosity, balance and patience -- all traits once thought to be feminine.

You have an advantage – the Female Leadership Advantage™. We women, we’re collaborative. We’re consensus-builders. We’re great communicators. What we might not realize is that these qualities – qualities give us a unique advantage in the business world. I call it the Female Leadership Advantage™, and in today’s business climate, it really can put you ahead of the game.

Of course, in order to make the most of your Female Leadership Advantage™, you need to understand how to use it. I wrote Running in High Heels to give you the road-tested advice and practical tools you need to slide effortlessly into your leadership pumps – no matter what shoe style you actually prefer! It’s all about using your natural powers of persuasion to align others to your vision, build collaboration through your sense of connection and relationship, and to turn not only heads, but turn challenges into opportunities. You’ll learn:

• What makes women the ideal leaders of the future

• Proven Tactics for Leading Self, Leading Others and Leading an Organization

• How to maximize your Feminine Leadership Advantage™

• Ways to sidestep the pitfalls female leaders face

• Secrets and strategies from top women executives

• And much, much more found at www.therenegadeleader.com activate your password in the book and claim your access to not only the latest tips but to other heels wearers as well!

Packed with captivating stories of top women executives and real-life accounts of women on the run, this book focuses specifically on the challenges women leaders face today, giving you the “leg up” you need to leverage you uniquely feminine attributes into unprecedented success on the leadership runway.

“In today's increasingly complex world of work, we need the leadership attributes and change intelligence women possess to find powerful solutions to the challenges we face. Running in High Heels gives you the strategies you need to leverage your success while standing tall in your heels. The case studies are powerful and Debora's storytelling engaging with a renegade edge.” -- Barbara A. Trautlein, Ph.D. -- best-selling author of Change Intelligence

So, Running in High Heels is for you if you want to:

 Elevate your career

 Be seen, heard and noticed as a leader

 Learn the key leadership skills that give you back time for you!

 Step away from the drama of leadership

 Put a stop to time taking activities such as lack of accountability, interpersonal conflict and miscommunication and step into your authentic leadership.

 Read the contributions of top leading women CEO’s, laugh and smile at the case studies, quotes and interviews and know how to avoid those situations when “bad shoes happen to good women.”

Success Secrets from Top Women Business Leaders and CEO’s!

As CEO of my global executive coaching and consulting company, executive coach and leadership expert I know leadership isn’t easy. My own heels have taken me into the office, businesses and organizations of Fortune 500 companies, privately held organizations and non profits. I’ve seen firsthand the struggles they encounter, read every employee engagement study and listened in the hallways to the hum of what of what today’s employees really want. Then I put it all together, bridging the two to shift the paradigm of leadership and to provide transformational personal and professional results for my clients.

I spent time with top female executives and CEO’s across a wide variety of sectors, from real estate to technology, and am privileged to be able to share their stories here in the form of illuminating interviews and powerful case studies.

Plus, I also studied the new generation of women leader who are leaving their heel prints in the business world, including media mogul Arianna Huffington, Yahoo’s Marisa Meyer, designer Tori Burch and even “Modern Family” TV star and mogul Sofia Vergara.

Marilyn Monroe once said, "Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world." I believe that statement to be true.

So if you’re ready…

• to break free of the status quo and to turn your ideas into edgy, actionable leadership strategies,

• to stand out in today’s modern economy while working more effectively, not harder,

• to fit in with the boys without losing who you are or sacrificing your personal life,

• to discover how to show up unapologetically as yourself to create an authentic and powerful leadership presence,

• to learn to effectively communicate your message so that it is heard, understood, and acted upon,

• and to be comfortable in your own shoes while doing it…

…Running in High Heels is for you!