Women Business Leadership

Narratives about decision making are often inadvertently tailored primarily to men. Meanwhile, narratives about women in business overlook decision making or offer advice that is unhelpful and can even backfire. How Women Decide fills this gap. It takes on the very real psychological and cultural obstacles women face, asks how these affect decision making, and suggests practical changes for approaching important choices.

If only you knew…What it feels like to be heard. To share your voice and have your opinion matter to everyone within earshot. To broadcast your message to all those who needed to hear it. If only you knew that you were being prepared. If only you knew that everything you have ever learned about communication can be remodelled and be of service to your biggest dreams.

Do you ever feel like you're stuck in place, unable to reach your full potential? Have you ever wondered why some people seem to thrive in the face of challenges while others struggle to move forward? "Mindset and Success" reveals the transformative power of a growth mindset and how it can radically shift the trajectory of your life. Whether you're looking to advance in your career, develop meaningful relationships, or achieve personal and financial success, the key lies in how you think about yourself and your abilities.

The world has made major leaps and bounds in the area of gender equality, but we have a role to play in pushing this narrative forward. We have to play a role in changing our own world. So if you are no longer prepared to sit back and accept second-best as your only option, then Confidence and Assertiveness for Women is the resource for you. Created from the perspective of a woman who found herself taking a back seat to others for far too long and decided, instead, to take control of her destiny, this book is a collection of actionable strategies for confidence-building.

What if you could interview top Christian women leaders and ask their advice on how to be successful (eternally significant) and glorify God with your work? Threads of Wisdom documents the journeys and best advice of 10 women that lead marketplace and non-profit organizations, in their own words.

Quiet Girls Can Run the World tells introverts how to lead in ways that come naturally - by nurturing the talents of others, taking the time to reflect before making a decision, exercising emotional intelligence, and leaving egos at the door. In highlighting the power of "quiet" qualities, Holman also encourages us to push outside our comfort zones, so we can stand our ground in expressing our views, work well with those who have different personalities, and bring our A game to each public speaking opportunity.

Ten powerful women are shaping U.S. policy and governance. Women of Influence: The Female Leaders Shaping Today's America provides an in-depth look at these groundbreaking leaders, their rise to power, and their impact on the nation’s future. This book examines the strategic leadership, policy priorities, and personal journeys of these influential women.

What if the leadership practices we’ve worked so hard to master are now getting in the way? In fact, what if they are actually holding us down and preventing us from leading for growth and innovation? Forget “what if” - it’s happening. In Leadership Unchained, Sara Canaday offers a unique perspective that helps modern leaders break free from the chains of conventional wisdom and blaze new trails toward even greater success.

As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country, but it was an unconventional path to the top. Wise, warm and inspiring, Spider Woman shows how the law shapes our world and supports us in crisis. It is the story of how Lady Hale found that she could overcome the odds, which shows that anyone from similar beginnings will find that they can cope, too.

Chief Carmen Best has spent the last 28 years as a member of a big-city police force, an institution where minorities and women have historically found it especially difficult to succeed. She defied the odds and became the first Black woman to lead the Seattle Police Department.

We have heard of the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, unseen, overlooked, and the profound impact this has on us all. Now Edwina Dunn reveals what needs to happen in ourselves, our communities, and workplace to see lasting change. A pioneer in data science research, business and female empowerment, Edwina Dunn uses her knowledge of research and data collection to present solutions, models and simple actions that impact on the lives of women and men. She has listened to women and knows the change we want to see in ourselves, in business, and in academic and government arenas.

The Leadership Code: A Woman's Guide to Success by Devyani Patel is essential for women aspiring to leadership roles in today's complex corporate world. Drawing on her extensive international experience, Patel provides practical strategies and insights to help women navigate the unique challenges they face in the workplace and develop skills needed to succeed in a leadership role.

In a world of “Me Too”, women are struggling with the notion of softness and empathy, while living up to the strong-suiter persona, in order to win at work. In her book, Mindie Barnett explores her own experiences working for the “devil” in that famous book of Prada, and how she constructed her company on the complete opposite premise. Instead, she embraces her femininity, and steers her team with a sense of warmth and compassion, without losing her competitive edge. Learn how to create camaraderie with competition, inspire your team to soar, and rock a haute shade of lipstick.

There is no mistaking that inequality in the workplace is still prevalent in the form of salary inequity and unequal representation in leadership and board positions. Too often conversations about inequality can lead to men and women believing they are alike. Women and men are not the same, biologically or psychologically, and these differences lead to significant dissimilarities in how each approaches leadership situations.

America and much of the world are deeply divided over identity, equality, and history. Renewal is Anne-Marie Slaughter’s candid and deeply personal account of how her own odyssey opened the door to an important new understanding of how we as individuals, organizations, and nations can move backward and forward at the same time, facing the past and embracing a new future.

The whirlwind of job applications, interviews, follow-up, resume building, and networking is just the beginning. What happens after you've landed the job, settled in, and begun to make a difference - where do you go from here? What if you feel stuck in what you thought would be your dream profession? New York Times best-selling author Mika Brzezinski and producer Daniela Pierre-Bravo provide an essential manual for those crucial next steps.

Celina Caesar-Chavannes digs deep into her childhood and her life as a young Black woman entrepreneur and politician, and shows us that effective and humane leaders grow as much from their mistakes and vulnerabilities as from their strengths. Both memoir and leadership book, Can You Hear Me Now? is a funny, self-aware, poignant, confessional, and fierce look at how failing badly and screwing things up completely are truly more powerful lessons in how to conduct a life than extraordinary success.

In Aim High: Chart Your Course and Find Success, Deborah James shares her personal and professional challenges, outcomes, strategies for success, and the problem-solving principles she used to overcome the daunting pressures, threats, and challenges that come with rising to the top of the US Armed Forces. As a supplement to her storytelling, Bain and Company, a top-tier management consulting firm, offers research and statistics that prove James's insights have widespread impact.

As a leader, the last thing we want is to look stupid. But imagine if embracing what you don’t know was the smartest thing you could ever do? A great leader isn’t invested in looking like they have all the right answers; they learn to ask all the right questions instead. Whether it's in life, leadership, or in your organization, staying humble and open to new information could be the difference between success and failure. Embrace What You Don’t Know: A Stupid Guide to Smart Business Leadership will help you: ask the right questions in life and leadership lead more effectively by ...

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