The Rooted Leader: Self-Leadership as a Strategic Advantage for Women in STEM #EngineeringIntelligence @INWED1919 #INWED26

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Today we are celebrating International Women in Engineering Day! German Professor and Author Anna Frebel, PhD, who is currently working at MIT, has shared some great advice for women are leaders or are looking to become leaders in STEM fields, via The Society of Women Engineers: When you are encouraged to lean without a foundation, your instincts correctly sense the risk. You don’t lead; you wobble. Without strong roots, leaning too far puts you at risk of falling, or worse, failing. Before you can lead a lab, a clinic, or a technology organization, you have to make sure you understand the biggest roadblocks. That work begins with what I call leadership of self. Here are the five shifts that help women in emerging STEM fields expand their goalposts and step forward with grounding rather