This is the Read to Lead podcast, episode 564, April 2025.

What if the traits you need to get ahead are the exact opposite of what you've been told. To be successful,

you need to be weird, selfish, shameless, obsessed, manipulative, brutal, reckless, and bossy. And

well, that takes courage. Hi, I'm Jeff. And this is the Read to Lead podcast. And you're about to

enjoy our April 2025 installment featuring author Jenny Wood.

Her new book is Wild Courage. Go after what you want and get it. As a former Google leader and

top career coach who chased an attractive stranger off the subway and later married him,

Jenny knows her way around courage.

In this book, she shatters conventional wisdom about achieving your goals and gives you

permission to ditch your fear and chase after what you want unapologetically.

She reclaims those nine traits I mentioned from their negative shackles and teaches you how

to apply them in a savvy and sane way

to supercharge your success. Whether you're trying to impress your new boss, snag a stretch promotion,

or land a life-changing deal. Wild courage coaches you to smash through your fear of discomfort,

failure and the judgment of others to embrace your boldest

self in pursuit of what you want. To be successful, you need to have courage and wild amounts

of it. Jenny Wood spent 18 years at Google climbing the ranks from entry level to executive,

most recently running a large operations team that helps

drive tens of billions of advertising revenue a year. She also created one of Google's largest

career development programs ever, loved by tens of thousands of employees worldwide. She's now a

full-time speaker and author, and she's here today to shatter

conventional wisdom about professional advancement. She helps people get what they want unapologetically.

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