5 Must-Know Lessons About Leadership From Women In Leadership

“Power is not given to you. You have to take it.” -Beyonce

The topic of women in leadership has never trended harder in human history. With the digital age came an influx of information that started to shed light on major cultural problems. Data is widely spread and it has become household knowledge that the dream of equality isn’t nearly as close as we hoped. It’s opened the door for new conversations.

You can find several articles that tackle gender inequality of leadership positions in business. This article is different. Instead, I’m going to focus on the lessons women already in leadership have provided and can provide to other women who are just starting their career. Let’s leverage everything we have today to accelerate what we want to accomplish as women in business.

These are the five must-know lessons from women in leadership about becoming a leader.

Master Your Internal Dialogue — be true to yourself as you would with a friend

Arianna Huffington is one of the founders of The Huffington Post, which sold to AOL in 2011 for $315 million dollars.

During her rise to the top, she discovered a major difference between herself and her male counterparts. This…