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In "Lean In", Sheryl Sandberg -- Facebook COO and one of "Fortune" magazine's most powerful women in business -- looks at what women can do to help themselves, and make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale. She draws on her own experiences working in some of the world's most successful businesses, as well as academic research, to find practical answers to the problems facing women in the workplace.
3) Please sit over there: how to manage power, overcome exclusion, and succeed as a Black woman at work
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Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The key to career advancement is understanding power: who has it, where it hides, and how it's used. Please Sit Over There teaches Black women the skills they need to succeed in an uneven playing field. Black women continuously navigate systems that were never intended for them while using a set of rules that was never designed for them. There are so many unwritten rules of power still at play in professional organizations that repeatedly hinder...
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Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A groundbreaking, deeply reported work from CNBC's Julia Boorstin that reveals the key commonalities and characteristics that help top female leaders thrive as they innovate, grow businesses, and navigate crises--an essential resource for anyone in the workplace"--
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"The evidence is in: traits--compassion, empathy, the ability to listen, mentor, nurture and collaborate--are giving women executives a built-in advantage in volatile and uncertain times. To navigate today's complex challenges around DE&I, social justice, climate change and the Great Resignation, leaders need to cultivate a kind of compassionate command. Almost a decade since Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg was first published, Path to Parity flips the...
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Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"What if women forgot everything they'd been taught and radically redefined modern leadership? For those who have spent years playing by the rules only to suffer the cost, and who are now ready to transform their world and work, a soulful guide to knowing their power and using it for change at the deepest levels. Catastrophic events give us an opportunity to question everything. With systems of inequity revealed as never before and the need for revolutionary...
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Hachette Books
Language
English
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"Prompted by her own experience as cohost of Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski asked a wide range of successful women to share the critical lessons they learned while moving up in their fields. Power players such as Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Harvard's Victoria Budson, comedian Susie Essman, and many more shared their surprising personal stories. They spoke candidly about why women are paid less and the pitfalls women face--and...
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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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What will it take for us to create a more equal workplace where women too can shine? If you read nothing else on leadership and gender in the workplace, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you understand where workplace gender equality is today--and how far we have to go. This book will inspire you to: - Understand...
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Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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"Popular leadership blogger gives the low-down on standing up for yourselfIn Pushback, top leadership consultant Selena Rezvani argues that self-advocacy is critical to success. Yet women initiate negotiations four times less often than men, resulting in getting less of what they want--promotion opportunities, plum assignments, and higher pay. This book shines a light on the real rules of holding your own and pushing back for what is rightfully yours....
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"How many times did your inner critic pop up and talk you down today? Or, tell you someone else wasn't good enough? Is your inner critic running rampant, thwarting your advancement as a leader? You may have never called your inner critic out or confronted its harsh ramblings until now, but it's time! Mastering Your Inner Critic offers first-hand hard-won advice for scaling the hurdles that prevent you from controlling that little voice. It's time...
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Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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"A retired Wall Street Journal editor and mother compares two generations of women—boomers and GenXers—to examine how each navigates the emotional and professional challenges involved in juggling managerial careers and families." -- Amazon.com.
"Wall Street Journal reporter, author of Earning It, and Power Mom Joann Lublin reveals how boomer and millennial women navigate the emotional and professional challenges of careers and families...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
Description
"For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions. Today, although women occupy an increasing percentage of leadership positions, in America they hold less than a fifth of positions in both the public and private sectors. The United States ranks 78th in the world for women's representation in political office. In politics, although women constitute a majority of the electorate, they account for only...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Dare to Lead Like a Girl is a holistic look at how to achieve purpose and joy at work. It is about turning the world of work into a place where empathy, intuition, passion, and resilience take their rightful place, where women can lead like women and men can tap into their more feminine leadership traits and dare to lead (more) like a girl!"--
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English
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"Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing. That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of twenty-five. She stared at a long list of challenges--from hiring to firing, from meeting to messaging, from planning to pitching--and faced a thousand...
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Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"In Take Back Your Power, president and CEO of Ancestry and former vice president of Facebook Deborah Liu breaks down the stereotypes and double standards that society imposes on women, equipping you with the tools to push back against them and achieve success, both in the workforce and at home"--
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Gender equality is at a crossroads. Let your diverse talent shine. Although successful professional women come from widely diverse backgrounds, educational experiences, and community values, they share a common assumption upon entering the workforce: "I have a chance." Along the way, however, they discover that people question their authority, challenge their intelligence, and discount their ideas. And while gender is a common denominator among these...
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