Wild Courage with Jenny Wood - Google executive, Founder, Coach, Pilot, Mum.

In Wild Courage, Jenny Wood presents the ultimate approach to getting what you want. Reclaiming nine traits - Weird, Selfish, Shameless, Obsessed, Nosy, Manipulative, Brutal, Reckless and Bossy - that are traditionally seen in a negative light, Wood reveals how to apply these qualities in a savvy and sane way to supercharge your chances of getting ahead, whether you're trying to snag a promotion, impress your new boss or land a life-changing deal. Inspired by her groundbreaking coaching program, Wood offers an arsenal of tactical prompts to catapult you forward, like how to:

• Embrace Your Weirdness: Uncover the power of standing out and making your mark with authenticity.
• Champion Your Desires: Learn to prioritize your ambitions with an unwavering belief in your worth.
• Broadcast Your Brilliance: Find the courage to showcase your talents without the shadow of doubt.
• Fuel Your Obsessions: Let your passions guide you to set and achieve extraordinary standards.
• Cultivate Curiosity: Use your inquisitiveness to build lasting relationships and unlock new opportunities. Wild Courage is a powerful playbook that gives you permission to be your boldest self and create a life filled with ambition, success and true fulfilment.

About the author

Jenny Wood is an unstoppable confidence booster dedicated to helping people make their impossible dreams likely. After chasing an attractive stranger off the subway, giving him her number and later marrying him, Wood vowed to always chase after what she wanted in life. And it's worked; Wood is a Google executive, founder of Own Your Career, speaker, writer, mum and pilot. Her writing has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, Inc. and Forbes. She earned her B.A. in Economics & International Business at Brandeis and was a research associate at Harvard Business School. She lives in Boulder

with her husband and their two kids.

Jenny will be in London and Dublin for events and press interviews in early April 2025.

About the moderator

Meric Sevgi Eren is a strategy and expansion consultant and a mentor for start-ups, and specializes in female entrepreneurship, climate tech, and business model and product design. Meric holds a Postgraduate Executive Diploma at Saïd Business School in Strategy and Innovation (‘23) and is a Master’s student in History of Design at Kellogg College, University of Oxford (‘25). She is also the Co-Founding Partner of xWAVES, a network for female (-identifying) founders, researchers and VCs, and a committee member at Oxford Entrepreneurs.

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