FRIDAY EMAIL, THE: 88 TIPS FOR ASPIRING LEADERS

Leveraging Renée McGowan's weekly emails to colleagues in Asia and the Middle East over three years that included the global pandemic, this playbook showcases insights on how to stay at the top of your game. With a nod to the Asian lucky number, 88 tips provide bite-sized advice about purpose, people, path and progress. Each section is packed with useful examples and relatable how-tos and demonstrates that you can be a successful business leader with empathy, humanity and some fun.

Contents:

• Why I Have Written This Book
• Purpose:
  • Growth and Grit
  • Fuel Your Energy
• People:
  • When Everyone Wins
  • To Make a Difference, Celebrate Differences
• Path:
  • No, You Can't Break Up with Change
  • You Don't Know It All
• Progress:
  • Tapping Your Creative Genius
  • Lessons I Wished I Learned Earlier
• 8 Tips for Women Leaders
• If I Could Only Tell You ONE Thing
• More About This Work in Progress
• Acknowledgements

Readership: Emerging leaders; young professionals aspiring to leadership roles; managers interested in effective leadership, growth strategies, and building a resilient and inclusive company culture; female leaders; women in male-dominated industries who are seeking guidance on navigating gender biases and fostering inclusive environments.

Key Features:

• Actionable and easy to implement: Provides readers with specific, practical advice that they can use to improve their leadership skills. The tips are clear and concise, and well supported by examples and anecdotes
• Holistic Approach: Goes beyond traditional leadership paradigms, emphasising emotional intelligence, self-care, and authenticity for a more fulfilling leadership journey
• The book is written by a credible and experienced leader: Draws on decades of experience as a female leader and global citizen, recognises and embraces the diverse experiences of women, fostering inclusivity and offering guidance for women from different backgrounds. Offers a deeply personal and authentic viewpoint, creating a relatable connection with readers. It weaves powerful stories of times where she defied expectations, inspiring readers to become catalysts for positive change