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title: "What WPLN is Reading, Watching, Listening to, and Excited For: October Edition — Women's Public Leadership Network"
description: "READING |  Influence Redefined: Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, Monday to Monday  by Stacey Hanke:  While this book is from 2017, its advice is timeless.  WPLN  Board Member  Amy Whited  says, \"If you need a practical read on improving your influence during everyday interactio"
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# [What WPLN is Reading, Watching, Listening to, and Excited For: October Edition — Women's Public Leadership Network](https://womenspublicleadership.net/blog/2021/10/24/what-wpln-is-reading-watching-listening-to-and-excited-for-october-edition)

 Written by [Sarah Quinlan](https://womenspublicleadership.net/blog/author/sarah-quinlan) | Oct 30, 2021 4:00:00 AM

**READING | *Influence Redefined: Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, Monday to Monday *by Stacey Hanke:** While this book is from 2017, its advice is timeless. **WPLN** Board Member **Amy Whited** says, "If you need a practical read on improving your influence during everyday interactions, Stacey Hanke's *Influence Redefined* is a go for me. ... I find myself reaching for this book even years later." [Learn more](https://smile.amazon.com/Influence-Redefined-Leader-Meant-Monday/dp/1626343578/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=influence+redefined&qid=1633727234&sr=8-1).

**WATCHING | *Maid*, a Netflix miniseries about a young single mother trying to break out of the cycles of poverty and abuse:** This series premiered October 1 and has received widespread acclaim: *Vulture*'s Jen Chaney says that *Maid* "is a stressful but refreshingly honest portrait of poverty," and according to *IndieWire*'s Kristen Lopez, "We need more stories like this and, hands down, *Maid* deserves all the acclaim it gets." [Learn more](https://www.netflix.com/title/81166770).

**LISTENING TO | *Women Vs. Hollywood *podcast hosted by journalist Helen O’Hara: **This podcast dives into the film industry's treatment of women, from the #MeToo movement, to pay disparity, to women's representation on screen and behind the camera. [Learn more](https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/women-vs-hollywood-with-helen-ohara/id1540573727).

**EXCITED FOR | WPLN's inaugural summit in New Orleans in February 2022: **If we haven't made it clear by now, we're extremely excited about our inaugural summit, and we hope you'll join us in the Big Easy for it! [Learn more](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-public-leadership-summit-2022-tickets-147828283375).

[Click here to read the October newsletter in full](https://go.womenspublicleadership.net/wpln-newsletter-4).

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