"Bonnie Hammer's legendary career spans five decades in a turbulent, male-driven industry. Today, Bonnie is a powerful leader at the very top of her field, and women at all levels constantly ask her: What is your secret to success? Her power--and her staying power--comes from rejecting common myths about how women are "supposed" to act in the workplace. She knows that the conventional wisdom women are told about work--pithy phrases like "Don't mix...

Through interviews with a network of more than seventy trailblazing women, Fast Forward shows women how to accelerate their growing economic power and combine it with purpose to find both success and meaning in their lives. Companies, countries, and organizations the world over are waking up to today's new reality. Women control the lion's share of purchasing power and are increasingly essential to competitiveness. Women are using their power for...

"A Latina entrepreneur shows readers how to turn obstacles into fuel for fulfillment, accomplishment, and success, with special emphasis on issues affecting women and BIPOC in the corporate world"-- Provided by publisher.

Readers come to the topic of leadership development with multiple interests--intellectual, professional, and personal--and with curiosity about how to apply concepts and tools to themselves and to support others. Women's Leadership Development: Caring Environments and Paths to Transformation addresses these concerns. The book offers an interdisciplinary framework of leadership effectiveness and brings this framework to life with detailed and illuminating...

A ruthless PR executive, Addison Stern, when her ex, who used to be LA's top private investigator, blackmails her into helping him salvage his career, the job proves bigger than either imagined when they uncover a dangerous conspiracy led by Hollywood's most vindictive and powerful people.

"An empowering and moving story of a young woman from South Central Los Angeles (Watts and Compton) who took a chance, defied the odds, and became the first-ever Black American to achieve a half-century-long career with The Walt Disney Company."--Provided by publisher.

"A relentlessly optimistic memoir by one of the most influential Black business leaders in America today, offering hope and practical guidance for navigating life's most difficult challenges, inspired by the author's cancer journal that went viral "Focus. Pray. Act. Serve. And we'll get through this together." Cynthia "Cynt" Marshall has spent her life beating the odds. Growing up in the public housing projects of Richmond, California, Cynt never...

"Women all over the globe are asking questions that affect lives and creating businesses that answer them. Like, can we keep premature babies warm when they're born far from the hospital? Or, can the elderly stay in their homes and eat a balanced diet? Women are taking on and solving these issues with their ingenuity and business acumen"-- Amazon.

"New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's next blockbuster thriller"-- Provided by publisher. ""Gabriela McKenzie's daughter has been kidnapped. In exchange for her safe return, her abductors demand two things: $400,000 in cash, and a document known only as the October List." -- Provided by publisher.