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Collected Item: “Female World Leaders’ Pandemic Lessons”

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Female World Leaders’ Pandemic Lessons

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This is an article from ideas.ted.com. The article is titled “6 things we can learn from how women leaders have handled the pandemic.”

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Author Kara Cutruzzula cites Avivah Wittenberg-Cox’s assertion that four principles successfully guided women leaders: trust, decisiveness, tech, and love. The six lessons from female leadership are as follows: 1) Include everyone, 2) Be authentic, 3) Tell the truth, 4) Be decisive, 5) Embrace technology, 6) Leaders of every kind can learn from these women.

This article highlights COVID-19 responses that are of international importance. The decisions these women made for their respective countries are of great historical value. The article also provides a contemporary opinion about the positive reception these decisions received.

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#women, #politics, #international, #TEDx, #tech, #inclusion

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https://ideas.ted.com/6-things-we-can-learn-from-how-women-leaders-have-handled-the-pandemic/

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Kara Cutruzzula

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2020-09-24
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