I'm looking for recommendations on inspirational content for women leaders. I follow TEDWomen, many podcasts, and the women's conference among other sources. Please add any speakers, books, or events that you may have come across!

There's a ton of self help and leadership books out there to help people in their careers. If there was one that was written front the lense of a public accounting, would you read it?

Looking for inputs and insights into developing Executive Presence as an immigrant female. Any books, tutorials, live classes etc. that has helped anyone and willing to share? Also looking to hear what in your experience has been the reason that impedes the exec presence someone could potentially bring in a senior leadership setting. How does that differ for a M vs. F candidate?

Book recommendations? Going on a work trip, looking for a recommendation in the either business story or leadership/self development arenas. I listen to books on audible on the plane

Favorite books - American icon, Feiner Points of Leadership, I hear you, 4 Disciplines of Execution, one thing, obstacle is the way.

I am studying for MBA and need 3 books. They are very expensive to buy, so I am wondering if any of you have access to a soft copy that you can share.
> Management Research: Applying the Principles by Susan Rose, Nigel Spinks
> Research Methods for Business and Management by Kevin O'Gorman, Robert MacIntosh
> Theory and Practice of Leadership by Roger Gill

I am studying for MBA and need 3 books. They are very expensive to buy, so I am wondering if any of you have access to a soft copy that you can share.
> Management Research: Applying the Principles by Susan Rose, Nigel Spinks
> Research Methods for Business and Management by Kevin O'Gorman, Robert MacIntosh
> Theory and Practice of Leadership by Roger Gill

I'm so frustrated. I've been working for 10 years and I can't get an interview for Senior AD roles, but I get tons of enthusiastic calls for Intermediate ones. Im doing the work of a senior now - concepting alone, working direct with clients, guiding the odd junior - and I do a lot of stuff for the community at large that shows leadership (like conference stuff).

I've had CDs review my book and they say my work is great. Why can't I land a senior job? I want to manage, I have good ideas. WTF?

I do like the work..but I know I’ll be paid atleast 35K more if I leave..and not sure if the next promotion will happen sooner than 3 years..leave or stay? Don’t have much partner or leadership support but not in a bad book as well

Our senior creative leadership keep talking about winning Cannes Lions and D&AD pencils but none of them have actually won any since 2007 (that’s 14 years 😭 ) and between all three of them they’ve never won more than a couple of silvers, a couple of bronzes and a couple of in-books (that’s with a combined experience of over 60 years 😭). They have no clue 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭. Tell me something about your agency so that I can feel better about the hell-hole I find myself in🙏

Which books would you recommend for in house counsel about strategy, management, and leadership?

Asking as product counsel for tech startup.

Any good books to read this winter break? On leadership, digital, or any autobiographies?

Any recommendations for a “good” leadership book that has helped you? Hard to choose when reading reviews on Amazon, I prefer more personalized recommendations (as personal as it can get on fishbowl). Thank you!

Hi friends! I’m looking for resources to help me be successful in a “Functional Lead” role.

The role is in FinTech
I’m responsible for strategy, comms and key partnerships for a bank product. It reports through Customer Experience but touches product, Ops. marketing. It’s basically a Project Manager role but more nuanced.

Anyone out there in a role like this? Any books. videos or even best practices to share?

This is consistent with the research findings in my book "Lead From the Future". The 5-10 year horizon brings as much to see opportunities as much as threats and is the north star; need even now

Ladies, need some advice. I am in Scrum Master role for tech team that is more senior engineers and architects. Feeling very out of the loop as I am not involved in all the discussions and then asked for progress on items from leaders and that am I not aware of..
the team gets Ad hoc requests so new items come up after that stand up and SM/ M will ping folks directly. Feeling like I have become an assistant who updates tickets and books meetings..

Best books on creative leadership?

Team- need advice. I've been trying to break into strategy for 2 years. I'm at the junior level, but I already managed to bring a new client to my agency, build their brand book and helped lead focus groups. It's like I'm a junior planner without the title. How can I finally break in?

Favorite books on leadership styles and mindset training?

Looking for an art partner to come in at the ACD or what my agency calls “group art supervisor” level. Fair warning: it’s pharma, but business is really healthy and leadership usually fights really hard for creative that doesn’t involve couples strolling down the shoreline hand-in-hand :) Hit me with your book if interested

Any openings for Java developer 2.3 year experienced

Skills
1) Java
2) spring boot
3) Microservices
4) Database and SQL
5) gateway


What will be the CTC expected

Who’s at freehold today, I’m by the bar in a sports coat.

What are everyone’s thoughts on drinking coffee/caffeine for energy? I love being caffeinated, but my consumption quickly spirals out of control (400+ mg per day). At that point I feel tired if I...

Do you feel the district you work for, or live in, is addressing mental health concerns of students effectively?

Hiring Junior ADs? anyone?

Which Big Four has the best PTO/Holiday package?

Hi Guys, just wanted your opinion on which laptop to be purchased for the wfh reimbursement? Should I go with a mac or a windows laptop? My LOB is AWM and I’ll be a part of the due diligence team, majority of the work would involve the use of MS office and occasional use of Power Bi, any suggestions?

Anyone have a semi competitive men’s soccer league I can join?

Did I just finish binging the 2nd season of Indian Matchmaking? Why yes, yes I did.

Have you ever dealt with a colleague that believes in extremely (in my opinion) outdated or even just false claims and treats them as scientific facts? I work with several older men but one of them practices "provocative therapy" as in you just play the devil's advocate with your patient and side with the negative half of their thinking. In theory I could see this working situationally, but as a whole philosophy regardless of the patient's issue I think it's ridiculous.

The onset of winter is the worst. Everything is cold, and I don’t want to stop eating bc I’m ready to hibernate 🐻

I’m considering getting rid of my M car. Tired of owning and want to lease. If the economy tanks there will be a ton of deals to be had. What cars would you consider?

What was the age didference of the youngest/oldest person you ever slept with? Consensually*

What’s been a good HC hire in NFL so far? Smh on the Giants and Panthers hire. 👍 on Redskins

I’m working on a brand integration project for a brand that just acquired another brand. A newer type of project for me. Any books you reco reading on this?

So I took a job beginning of November at a seed-stage startup, and my boss (the founder and CEO) is a managerial dumpster fire. Very toxic. As a result, I'm looking for a new job.

I've crafted a couple different responses in the comments to "Why are you looking for a new job after so short a stint?" and would like to get the bowl's advice on which you think is best to use as my primary answer.

We're getting a new member or two each day. Maybe that would increase if current members shared the group and/or invited colleagues to join?

With the macroenvironment the way it is, how are your firms evaluating comp increases or stock refreshers this year?

Manager-level marketers continue to be optimistic about their chances of getting into this group, and I continue to dash their hopes.

Also, I think once we hit 50 members, we may start to grow a little faster, because we'll be bigger than all the bowls marked "1-50" which seem to populate the lower half of the list of bowls. Hopefully appearing higher on the list will lead to more frequent discovery by our target audience, and thus faster growth.

Looking to switch up my role to be more focused on the SEO side of things. My strengths have grown into optimizing web pages, and I like it better than all the “fluff” of the rest of the burden I have now.

Does anyone know any companies hiring? What job title should I look for when searching? They seem ALL over the place. I want to avoid working for startups or small businesses… I’ve done my time 😅

I want to welcome the 28 new members that were admitted to the bowl today. Five were turned away for not being in senior roles. If I can't tell if you meet the membership criteria, I do look you up on LinkedIn, and I'm glad I do: there were a couple consultants with prior senior executive roles and long careers that I would have missed otherwise.

Anyway, the bowl has now doubled in size. We now have very senior members from global ad agencies, global media agencies, and global brands. Welcome!

Any suggestions on Podcasts or other sources to keep me and the team up to date on the changing in digital marketing?

1: So I applied to a Y Combinator-backed startup that just closed a $3m seed round and is hiring a CMO. 5 people work there. The job description put an emphasis on finding an out-of-the-box thinker with an eye for design. So after the first round was scheduled, I sent a cover letter style email to my interviewer the day before. He responded in the interview at the beginning by saying: (continued in comments)

Please clarify for me. I say if the salary for the position is $52,000, that's what you include when posting the job opening. Ie: Marketing Assistant: $52K. My supervisor says no, the salary is actually 74,000, because she's including health benefits and PTO on top of the 52.. I said if you post 74,000 and the person finds out it's actually 52 (probably with a take home pay of only 38) they will walk. Who's right?

Anyone ever been blocked in their growth because of a marketing-based title?

For context, external launches are better received when promoted by RD&A or business leaders.

I'm looking for someone to run Adroll for a startup with a $5k a month ad spend. How many hours a week will that take and how much should I pay them?

So I changed jobs and that got me kicked out of all my bowls. Just got back in and approved all the member requests. Sorry about the delay.

So we're getting a half-dozen manager-level requests daily, but eligible senior marketing leaders are coming in slower. I am approving on average one director-level (or higher) marketer per day.

Feel free to share this bowl to other bowls to help us build our community here!

I'd like to put a question to the membership (and we'll be voting on things like this from time to time, incrementally establishing a set of formal criteria for membership which I will post):

How do you feel about admitting senior executives that are not career marketers but are employed at marketing firms? For example, I currently have a member request from an Associate Medical Director a design-focused healthcare creative agency.