Leading the Way: Inspiring Words for Women on How to Live and Lead with Courage, Confidence, and Authenticity

by Marianne Schnall

From the author of What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? and founder of Feminist.com and WhatWillItTake.com, Marianne Schnall, a rousing call to action for women everywhere to not only see themselves as leaders, but also discover that when more women step up and speak out, powerful things can happen.

In Leading the Way, journalist, author, and activist Marianne Schnall shares the most insightful and thought-provoking reflections from her interviews with remarkable public figures to illuminate how every woman can rise up and become the change-enacting leader she was born to be. It also champions women who are looking to become more empowered in their professional and personal lives—providing insights on how to be willing to take risks (and make mistakes), getting clear about what success actually means, how to create new paradigms of leadership and power, and so much more.

Featuring personal anecdotes and wisdom from Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Maya Angelou, Nancy Pelosi, Amy Poehler, Anita Hill, Sheryl Sandberg, Kerry Washington, Natalie Portman, Billie Jean King, and Ana Navarro, just to name a few, the words in this book will encourage women everywhere to know their power, use their voice, and become a true agent of change—not only in their own lives, but also in the world.

240 pages, Paperback

Published September 17, 2019

Reviews

[Shannan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think I struggled with the structure of this book. It is comprised of interviews of approximately four-six pages of women like Gloria Steinem, Kirsten Gillibrand, Pat Mitchell, etc. and those are interspersed with chapters on things women need to do as leaders, such as "Put Yourself First" and "Live Unapologetically" ad "Find and Then Be A Mentor" and those have a page intro and then just pages of quotes on the topic. Very short biographies of each of the women are in the back (I wish I had realized that when I started reading, would have saved me some Googling.) It doesn't feel cohesive or flushed out to me. One quote from Amy Poehler about doing things more than talking about them really stood out to me, and made me feel that perhaps this book was guilty of the latter, specifically talking about them in ways that aren't necessarily actionable or helpful. It could offer inspiration or be a nice reference, maybe?

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Leading The Way is a inspiring book filled with quotes from powerful women and thought-provoking interviews. Each section discusses a different issue and has quotes to match with the topic. What is most motivating about this book is that inspires women of all ages to use their power and voice to rise up in the world.

Though I normally enjoy books such as this, it fell a bit flat for me. Some of the material felt recycled (mainly the quotes) and I wanted more fresh content from the text. I think would have enjoyed it more if the book had less quotes and more infographics, interviews, and information about women in power.

Still if you like books such as this, give it a read!

[Heidi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing new or profound in this book beyond the fact that there are more wealthy, powerful women providing advice to women who most likely do not have the same access to resources or power as the adivce-givers. With that in the back of my mind, I couldn't get through it. I'm sure others will find it inspirational, but it just wasn't for me.

[Eeman · Rating 1 out of 5]

I skimmed through this after a couple of chapters so I'm going to label it as a DNF.
It wasn't a bad book but it didn't really say anything of value in my opinion. It was just a collection of people sayin the same thing over and over without presenting any real takes.