06/20/2017

Maintain Authority Amid Leadership Challenges

What leaders can learn from Arianna Huffington

It’s not uncommon for women, minorities or young individuals in leadership roles to face challenges to their authority. Two executive coaches share tactics for handling those situations and mitigating resulting conflict.

It’s not new news that women face extra challenges when trying to enter into leadership or when simply trying to fulfill their management duties from a leadership role—barriers that they share with leaders from minority or younger age groups.

But the conversation around women leaders has been revived following recent incidents; that is, Arianna Huffington, an Uber director, fielding a disparaging remark during a board meeting and California Democratic Senator Kamala Harris being interrupted twice in a week—behavior all too familiar to many women.

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