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Taking Up Space: Get Heard, Deliver Results, and Make a Difference
From the CEO of CVS Health and Fortune’s #1 Most Powerful Woman in Business—an inspiring, authentic, and actionable road map for overcoming systemic obstacles to leadership
Karen S. Lynch went from a childhood filled with loss and instability in a stark mill town in Massachusetts to leading one of the nation’s largest health care companies, where she has been instrumental in transforming how people access affordable quality care. After being named CEO of the Fortune 500’s sixth largest company, CVS Health, she is now the most powerful woman on that revered list. In Taking Up Space, she tells her trailblazing story—and delivers powerful lessons you can use to become the leader you’re meant to be,
Own Your Past to Deliver a Better Let your story and experiences be a strength.Remove the Enlist others. You’re never too successful for mentors.The Path to Leadership Is Never Get out of your lane. Say yes, even if it’s not the job you want.The Power of Learning by Continually seek out experiences, ideas, and opinions to broaden your view and develop insight.Lead with The truth is often found on the other side.Responsible Demonstrate responsibility through individual action.The Power of Purpose and You control your destiny. Use that power to make a difference.
Lynch explains how to use your voice and earn influence in places and situations that tend to shut you out so you can drive positive change. She shows how to create value in your organization by making your approach to businesses more personal and empathic—but still professional and accountable. How do you transform a company that may be entrenched and constrained by traditional outlooks and methods? The answers to this and other questions are in Taking Up Space.
Karen S. Lynch went from a childhood filled with loss and instability in a stark mill town in Massachusetts to leading one of the nation’s largest health care companies, where she has been instrumental in transforming how people access affordable quality care. After being named CEO of the Fortune 500’s sixth largest company, CVS Health, she is now the most powerful woman on that revered list. In Taking Up Space, she tells her trailblazing story—and delivers powerful lessons you can use to become the leader you’re meant to be,
Own Your Past to Deliver a Better Let your story and experiences be a strength.Remove the Enlist others. You’re never too successful for mentors.The Path to Leadership Is Never Get out of your lane. Say yes, even if it’s not the job you want.The Power of Learning by Continually seek out experiences, ideas, and opinions to broaden your view and develop insight.Lead with The truth is often found on the other side.Responsible Demonstrate responsibility through individual action.The Power of Purpose and You control your destiny. Use that power to make a difference.
Lynch explains how to use your voice and earn influence in places and situations that tend to shut you out so you can drive positive change. She shows how to create value in your organization by making your approach to businesses more personal and empathic—but still professional and accountable. How do you transform a company that may be entrenched and constrained by traditional outlooks and methods? The answers to this and other questions are in Taking Up Space.
196 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 22, 2024
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April 28, 2024
2⭐️. The content seemed to be geared to new business grads although I would have loved it to be written for women navigating barriers in the corporate world. The stories were both overly generic in nature yet somehow also much too personal and niche. She discussed how she bucked the system by being a manager who sometimes wore pink, and also how paying minimum wage staff a livable wage was the key to staff retention. This book read very out of touch and presented basic human decency as radical corporate action items.
October 27, 2024
Karen is simply amazing! This book shows her personality and passion. I'm so proud to have worked under her for the past 3 plus years. I know she will continue to do amazing things!
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