Centered Leadership: Leading with Purpose, Clarity, and Impact
What enables some talented people to rise to the top and live their full ambitions at work and in life, while others stop short? In 2007, Joanna Barsh led a team at McKinsey & Company to answer that very question. In the process, they uncovered what distinguishes leaders who are successful from those who achieve true greatness, developing …
Working the Night Shift: Women in India’s Call Center Industry
Relatively high wages and the opportunity to be part of an upscale, globalized work environment draw many in India to the call center industry. At the same time, night shift employment presents women, in particular, with new challenges alongside the opportunities. This book explores how beliefs about what constitutes “women’s work” are evolving in response to globalization.Working the …
Sacred Success®: A Course in Financial Miracles shows women there is a better way to achieve wealth and power: on your own termsas a woman.Barbara Stanny, the leading expert on women and money, has helped women take control of their finances for two decadesand she knows there is much more to success than how much you earn. In …
Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman: What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn
Women make up almost half of today’s labor force, but in corporate America they don’t share half of the power. Only four of the Fortune 500 company CEOs are women, and it’s only been in the last few years that even half of the Fortune 500 companies have more than one female officer.A major reason for this? Most …
Woman Up!: Overcome the 7 Deadly Sins that Sabotage Your Success
Woman UP! is the go-to resource for women who want to finally get out of their own way and get ahead in their careers. Author Aimee Cohen’s passionate approach is “like combining your best girlfriend and an elite career expert…in a powerful purse-sized package!” Her insights are a product of more than 20 years of experience and a …
Pushback: How Smart Women Ask–and Stand Up–for What They Want
Popular leadership blogger gives the low-down on standing up for yourself In 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 …
Gender Intelligence: Breakthrough Strategies for Increasing Diversity and Improving Your Bottom Line
World-renowned experts on gender intelligence Barbara Annis and Keith Merron suggest it’s time to move beyond arguments based on politics and fairness, building an economic business case for gender diversity in the workplace.Despite forty years of laws, quotas, diversity training, and legal expenses aimed toward equalizing pay, opportunities, and working conditions between the sexes, the glass ceiling remains …
It’s only because they like me. I was in the right place at the right time. I just work harder than the others. I don’t deserve this. It’s just a matter of time before I am found out. Someone must have made a terrible mistake. If you are a working woman, chances are this internal monologue sounds all …
Taking the Heat: Women Chefs and Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen
A number of recent books, magazines, and television programs have emerged that promise to take viewers inside the exciting world of professional chefs. While media suggest that the occupation is undergoing a transformation, one thing remains clear: being a chef is a decidedly male-dominated job. Over the past six years, the prestigious James Beard Foundation has presented 84 …
Break Your Own Rules: How to Change the Patterns of Thinking that Block Women’s Paths to Power
New York Times Bestseller How women can make it to the top by adopting the new rules of leadership Women hold just 11 percent of the most senior-level leadership positions in U.S. Corporations a number that hasn’t changed in over 30 years. How can women break through? Break Your Own Rules distills the six faulty assumptions …