Risky Women

Risky Women is for every woman who is tired of chasing what feels like an elusive goal of fulfillment, an imaginary “arrival point” when she will feel like she finally made it.

Did you know that only 2.8 percent of the $200 billion in venture capital funding went to female founders? Or that only 30 of the S&P 500 companies have women CEOs and none were founded by women?

The reality is that leadership is given to men, but it is gifted to women.

I wrote Risky Women to give you the ability to observe yourself non-judgmentally, while honing the skills required to navigate a system that was not designed for you to succeed. By making risk a daily practice, you will be able to take chance and fear out of what once felt like paralyzing life decisions, so you can finally live out your purpose and achieve your potential.

The book is structured around the framework that I’ve used to rediscover myself and help others take the risks necessary to bring them closer to their purpose. It focuses on the core areas needed to properly identify emotions and restore confidence, while building up that risk-taking muscle that will allow readers to tap into their true potential. Fittingly, the acronym for this framework is “FIND HER.” Fear. Intuition. Need. Drive. Habit. Empowerment. Risk & Reward.

Each chapter dives into a different area, while building upon the foundation we’ve created. These topics are often only discussed individually, but they involve the same emotions and behaviors, so they feed off each other. It’s only natural that they be combined into a process, and that’s what makes this method so effective.

MEGAN FARRELL RAGSDALE is an executive coach, thought leader and C-Suite veteran with more than 20 years in the trenches with brands like Hulu, Dollar Shave Club, Deloitte, Motorola, SONY and The North Face. With a winning record in scaling businesses for investment and building high performing teams and cultures, Megan’s greatest strength is meeting people where they’re at while building a path to what’s possible. Megan lives in San Diego with her husband and two daughters.

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Megan’s "Risky Women" is a clever take on how to conquer the workplace by getting curious about the fears and self-doubts that hold us back. Her thoughtful exercises help us create space from those fears and consequently fill that space with a much more lucrative fear in the workplace—the fear of missing out, ultimately unleashing our risky behavior as female leaders.

Women should understand that boundaries and limitations are not the norm. Megan has done an incredible job of laying out a runway to success! "Risky Women" is a must read!

All women need to read to help them move forward in business and in life. The backstories, research and no-nonsense plan help you unblock and grow and show who you really are. This is for all women, whether they are just starting their careers or reaching the top!

True to form, Megan Ragsdale delivers a hilarious, no-holds-barred reality check on barriers women face to risk taking. She’s got the chops and leadership experience to set you up for success to navigate risk anywhere, any time.

Though I went into the experience hoping for a quick fix to some specific challenges I was facing in my career, Megan helped me take a step back to think bigger and unlock more influence and potential than I’d imagined. She didn’t give me the easy answers; she made sure I was asking the right questions. Megan has a special flavor of ‘tough love’ that is at once compassionate and challenging.

Every ambitious, fearless woman’s guide to success. Megan’s book provides practical yet simple and actionable steps to overcome fear and self-doubt on the road to your indelible right to success.

Risky Women is a must read for female leaders at all levels! It reinforces the problems women face but, more importantly, empowers one to take action that will drive long-term positive change for female leaders.

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