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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

Show Your Worth

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

The Chancellor

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

The Fix

Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work
Michelle P. King
Atria Books, 2020
9 Book

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office

101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make that Sabotage Their Careers
Lois P. Frankel
Warner Books, 2004
9 Book

The Memo

What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table
Minda Harts
Seal Press, 2019
9 Book

How Women Rise

Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job
Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith
Hachette Book Group USA, 2018
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Lean In

Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
Knopf, 2013
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 Book of Gutsy Women

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

Beyond the Label

Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms
Maureen Chiquet
HarperBusiness, 2017
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
8 Book

Wander Woman

How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction
Marcia Reynolds
Berrett-Koehler, 2010