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In: Women in Business

Women in Leadership

You’d think the female boss would be ubiquitous by now, but leadership roles still pose particular challenges for women – from overcoming old stereotypes to mastering disruptive innovation. In an era of women political leaders and board members (albeit too few), new role models abound, and many of them are role models with great advice to offer.

Summaries

9 Book

The Chancellor

The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
Kati Marton
Simon & Schuster, 2021
8 Book

Dinners with Ruth

A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg
Simon & Schuster, 2022
9 Book

When Women Invented Television

The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
Harper, 2021
9 Book

Kamala’s Way

An American Life
Dan Morain
Simon & Schuster, 2021
9 Book
David Michaelis
Simon & Schuster, 2020
9 Book

Show Your Worth

8 Intentional Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work
Shelmina Abji
McGraw-Hill, 2022
8 Book

Dare to Lead Like a Girl

How to Survive and Thrive in the Corporate Jungle
Dalia Feldheim
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2022
9 Book

The Fix

Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work
Michelle P. King
Atria Books, 2020
8 Podcast
Joanna Barsh and Diane Brady
McKinsey, 2021
8 Book

Dear Madam President

An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World
Jennifer Palmieri
Grand Central, 2018
9 Book

The Book of Gutsy Women

Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton
Simon & Schuster, 2019
Book

The Glass Universe

How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
Dava Sobel
Viking, 2017