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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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English
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"In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in DC when a posting on Craigslist landed her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama's stenographers. For five years, Beck was a part of the elite team of men and women who accompanied the president wherever he went, recorder and mic in hand. She got to know everyone from the White House butler to the secret servicemen, advance team, speechwriters, photographers, and press secretaries,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Told through the compelling lives of five courageous Haitian women workers, Poto Mitan gives the global economy a human face. Each woman's personal story explains neoliberal globalization, how it is gendered, and how it impacts Haiti. And while Poto Mitan offers in-depth understanding of Haiti, its focus on women's subjugation, worker exploitation, poverty, and resistance makes it clear that these are global struggles. Marie-Jeanne details her dual...
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Description
Sandra has just been released from the hospital to find that she no longer has a job. According to management, the only way Sandra can regain her position at the factory is to convince her co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed yearly bonuses. So, over the course of one weekend, Sandra must confront each co-worker individually in order to win a majority of their votes, before time runs out.
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"New Orleans, 1944. Sabotage. That's the word on factory worker Justine Byrne's mind as she is repeatedly called to weld machine parts that keep failing with no clear cause. Could someone inside the secretive Carbon Division be deliberately undermining the factory's Allied war efforts? Raised by her late parents to think logically, she also can't help wondering just what the oddly shaped carbon gadgets she assembles day after day have to do with the...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Covens. Girl Bands. Ballet troupes. Convents. In all times and places, girls and women have come together in communities of vocation, of necessity, of support. In Witches, Sam George-Allen explores how wherever women gather, magic happens. Female farmers change the way we grow our food. Online beauty communities democratize skin-care rituals. And more than any other demographic, it's teen girls that shape our culture. Patriarchal societies have long...
7) ¡PING!
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Publisher
Editorial Océano de México
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Susana siempre compró la idea de tenerlo todo: la carrera como hábil y temida consultora política; el matrimonio de ensueño; los gemelos que corren felices sembrando el terror por su casa. Sólo había que adaptarse, administrar el tiempo y aceptar el sentido natural de las cosas. Pero la realidad es traicionera. El trabajo no admite los medios tiempos; las labores de cuidado te devoran; la exigencia familiar de perfección no te quita el ojo;...
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Pub. Date
©2015.
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English
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As Rory McGovern enters the ostensible print of her life, her husband, Blake, loses his dream job and announces he feels like "taking a break " from being a husband and father. Already spread thin, Rory is now single-parenting two kids while coming to terms with her disintegrating marriage. Without Blake, her only hope is to accept a full-time position working for two twenty-somethings. With her family hanging by a thread, Rory must now adapt to...
10) Crane Jane!
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Jane works as crane operator at the docks, but she faces her biggest challenge when hoisting a firetruck in high winds"--
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Publisher
IVP Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Though women now have professional opportunities beyond what previous generations ever imagined, the church's vision for women's work has not grown with us. Joanna Meyer addresses this gap in women's discipleship, providing a theological framework for women's work and influence and offering resources for the challenges of working life"--
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"Faith Ferguson is New York's most in-demand wedding planner, an arbiter of taste for elegant affairs, lavish ceremonies, and exclusive f�etes. She appreciates a simple celebration as much as a dazzling event, for she knows that a dream wedding is not necessarily the most expensive one. As much as Faith enjoys her work, her two failed engagements leave her with no desire to get married herself. She finds fulfillment in her close relationship with...
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Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Before the coronavirus pandemic, only 7 percent of American workers had access to flexible working options. Trends forecaster Annie Auerbach has advocated for flexible work culture for decades--and the world is finally ready to make a change. In Flex, Auerbach shows us how to leave the cubicle behind in favor of flexible office space and hours, work-life balance, and creative solutions to burnout. Flex helps us escape the myth that "flexibility"...
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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Microaggressions. Sexism. Self-doubt. Invisibility. When you're one of the only women at work, it can be difficult to gain your footing. But women can find success in these settings-and even flourish in them. Thriving in a Male-Dominated Workplace provides the advice you need to ensure your professional growth in areas that have traditionally been filled with men. From navigating a hostile work culture to connecting with the right people to claiming...
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Aldis hates her job working in a juvenile detention center in rural Iceland. The boys are difficult, the owners are unpleasant, and there are mysterious noises at night. And then two of the boys go astray. Decades later, single father Odinn is looking into alleged abuse at the center. The more he finds out, though, the more it seems the odd events of the 1970s are linked to the accident that killed his ex-wife. Was her death something more sinister?...
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Language
English
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"A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon.com"--
What would you sacrifice for your career? All your free time? Your sense of self-worth? Your sanity? In 2006, Kristi Coulter left her cozy but dull job for a promising new position at the fast-growing Amazon.com, but she never expected the soul-crushing pressure that would come with it. In no time she found the challenge and excitement she'd been craving--along...
Series
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Relationships built on trust matter. Deep and meaningful interpersonal connections at work are critical to your career-and to your well-being. Bonds built on trust allow women to help one another, exchange information, and be more productive. But high-quality professional relationships are only possible with emotional openness-and not all women feel they can be vulnerable enough in the office to develop these kinds of ties. Making Real Connections...
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova took the world by storm with their Guide to Modern Womanhood, a book of expert advice on beauty, homemaking, and relationships. Now they're tackling an even bigger challenge: finding success in the modern workplace. In Working Girls, Trixie and Katya dole out both savvy and satirical advice for every stage of working life, from choosing a career path to sailing into a blissful retirement, in step-by-step guides,...
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Publisher
Holt Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Emma is a rising star at the marketing firm she works at as a "creative," but would have trouble describing what exactly it is she does all day. She pours most of her actual creative energy into a popular blog that all of her friends agree is brilliant, but she has yet to make a cent on it. Clem is a massively talented screenwriter just back from New York, where she picked up a fancy graduate degree in film. But until she convinces an agent to take...
20) Gender intelligence: breakthrough strategies for increasing diversity and improving your bottom line
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Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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