During Ellen Snee's eighteen years as a Catholic nun, she gained a
number of essential-and, happily, transferable-skills: how to discern a
call or deep desire, how to work collaboratively with other women, and
how to be a savvy operator within male hierarchies. In Lead, she draws
on that knowledge-as well as lessons learned and insights gained from
her Harvard dissertation on psychological dimensions of authority for
women, two decades of work with executive women as CEO of Fine Line
Consulting, and five years as VP of Organizational & Leadership
Development at VMware, a global technology leader-to address the
exercise of authority by women.
Lead guides readers through specific challenges of leadership Snee has
identified as most vital to success through her own corporate experience
and consulting work: developing resilience, presenting with authority,
gaining financial literacy, managing in every direction, and more.
Throughout, Snee urges women to find and speak with their unique voice
and claim their personal power. Full of illuminating personal and client
anecdotes and surprising research insights, Lead is an accessible,
instructive, and empowering road map to finding external success-by
drawing on the strengths you've carried inside you all along.
