Women Business Leadership

Kate Isler navigated the male-dominated culture of the technology industry, breaking new global markets for Microsoft in their fast-paced, hyper-growth startup years in some of the most challenging regions in the world—all without a college degree or resources that many believe are necessary for success. Kate’s story is a fascinating adventure from her years as a naïve young adult through her unexpected global career at a time when corporations weren’t hiring women to represent their companies overseas.

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.

Who Says It’s a Man’s World helps women navigate the rocky path from cubicle to executive suite. This ultra-practical guide offers an ideal “Success Profile” along with the measurable action steps needed to excel in each of five reputation-enhancing areas: personal development, social skills, effectiveness, team building, and leadership.

Are you tired of constantly having to prove yourself at work, exerting more effort for your colleagues to believe in you? There are effective strategies you can use to help navigate leadership with ease as you rebuild your confidence and gain control over your thoughts, yourself, your team, and your life.

Dear Madam President is an empowering letter from former Hillary Clinton Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri to the first woman president, and by extension, to all women working to succeed in any field. By using lessons learned during her experiences with Hillary Clinton, President Obama, and Elizabeth Edwards - to name a few - Palmieri through each chapter creates a forward-thinking framework of inspirational and practical advice for all women everywhere - from boardrooms to living rooms - who are determined to seize control of their lives, their workplaces, and their country.

You can be happier and more successful when you learn to play the game of work. If you're not currently satisfied in your career, it could be because you're playing by the wrong rules. In Winning the Game of Work, Terry Boyle McDougall shares the rules she learned from wise mentors and coaches, as well as the lessons she learned the hard way. She entered the workplace as an ambitious “go-getter” and was confused about why she wasn't advancing at the pace she expected. She learned that being smart and working hard aren't enough. The reward for developing a strategy for the game of work ...

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.

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 ...

Women of all generations will nod in recognition at the stories of 13 professional women from diverse backgrounds and industries as they recount the career challenges they've faced and how they have overcome bias, sexism, and the power imbalance. Full of practical examples and valuable insights and techniques, Female Firebrands is an honest, modern, and solutions-oriented guide for dealing with situations working women know all too well: sexual harassment, not being taken seriously, and being talked over, passed over, underpaid, and underappreciated.

Your power as a Black woman shouldn’t be stifled. There is so much value that you can gain from glowing it up, and you shouldn’t be forced to dim your light. Viewing Black in its purest form paints a clear picture of what it represents--power, elegance, strength, and mystery. This is who we are as Black women.

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.

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.

The OM Factor is your key to both immediate and long-term fixes to deal with stress, anxiety, and imbalance in your life. Dhillon’s holistic approach to well-being incorporates seven easily applicable “plug-and-play” tools designed to deliver instant and effective results in emotionally challenging situations. You will also learn to cultivate seven important traits to achieve a spiritual evolution. Each trait is accompanied by a corresponding yoga pose, designed to be used easily and quickly wherever you are to enhance your practice for lasting results.

Though women hold a majority of the managerial and professional jobs in the workforce, they occupy a mere 14 percent of C-suite positions at Fortune 500 firms. To break through this stubborn glass ceiling, women must learn to take bold steps when career-defining moments arise. During her 33-year career at Southern Company, a Fortune 500 utility company, Becky Blalock became CIO in a traditionally male industry. Now she offers her own hard-won advice, as well as that of 28 top female executives, to show all aspiring women how to dare to reach high tier of leadership and C-suite roles.

Verwirkliche mit dem Ratgeber 'VON FRAU ZU FRAU - EIN KARRIERELEITFADEN' deinen individuellen Weg zu beruflichem Erfolg und Selbstbestimmung. Dieses Buch ist dein praktischer Begleiter und Inspirationsquelle, um dich in deinem beruflichen Werdegang zu stärken und zu fördern. Entdecke wertvolle Strategien für Selbstreflexion, Karriereplanung und den Umgang mit Herausforderungen im Berufsleben. Nutze diesen Leitfaden als Schlüsselwerkzeug, um deine persönlichen Karriereziele mit Selbstbewusstsein zu erreichen und eine ausgeglichene Work-Life-Balance zu schaffen.

Fiorina shares the lessons she's learned from both her difficulties and triumphs. Drawing on her experience as a pioneering business and nonprofit leader, a politically active citizen, and a parent, she diagnoses the largest problem facing our country today: untapped potential. Too often American men and women are held back by systems that prevent them from working and flourishing. Too many people lose hope for themselves.

Popular creative coach Gail McMeekin, author of the best-selling The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women, offers a wealth of advice for the specific challenges creative women face today: thinking too small, underestimating the need for change, fearing the future, and lacking self-confidence. McMeekin combines interviews with some of today’s most successful women and her own proven success strategies to help readers transcend their “blocks” and achieve success.

Women comprise 51 percent of the world's population, make up over half of the workforce, and control 85 percent of consumer decisions. It's estimated that two thirds of the nation's wealth will be in women's hands by 2030. Never before have women been so degreed or so represented as decisionmakers in all areas of influence.

Discover how to revolutionise your leadership style with Intuitive Leadership: A Tarot-Based Approach. This ground-breaking guide integrates tarot archetypes like The Magician and The Star to enhance business decision-making, creativity, and growth. Perfect for leaders seeking a balance between intuition and strategy, this book offers practical exercises, reflective questions, and tarot readings tailored to the modern business world.

Research shows that when women are promoted to positions of leadership, things tend to go a whole lot better. From higher profits, better investment acumen, happier teams, and even fewer COVID deaths in women-led countries, the empirical evidence is adding up and it’s time women embrace the facts and take their place at the top. We Should All Be Leaders will include exclusive, never-before-heard stories from inspirational leaders, from activists to CEOs. Each woman will share a strategy for effective leadership and how she uses that strategy to reach important goals in her career and at home.