Female Leaders Books | Summaries & Audio

A History of the World in 21 Women

by Jenni Murray • 2018

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

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🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

A History of the World in 21 Women Summary

A History of the World in 21 Women 91%

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

by Jenni Murray 2018

3.81

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

Run to Win

by Stephanie Schriock • 2021

Most women wait until they feel ready. The women who win don't: a campaign-tested playbook.

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🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Political Campaigns 💰 Fundraising 📣 Leadership Storytelling 🛡️ Resilience Training

Run to Win 90%

Most women wait until they feel ready. The women who win don't: a campaign-tested playbook.

by Stephanie Schriock 2021

3.60

231 ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Political Campaigns 💰 Fundraising 📣 Leadership Storytelling 🛡️ Resilience Training

Dear Madam President

by Jennifer Palmieri • 2018

Leadership was designed by men. A White House veteran shows women how to rewrite the rules.

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🗳️ Women In Politics ✊ Feminist Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Authentic Leadership 🛡️ Resilience Building

Dear Madam President 90%

Leadership was designed by men. A White House veteran shows women how to rewrite the rules.

by Jennifer Palmieri 2018

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🗳️ Women In Politics ✊ Feminist Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Authentic Leadership 🛡️ Resilience Building

A Different Kind of Power

by Jacinda Ardern • 2025

A prime minister led through massacre and pandemic with empathy, then walked away. Here is why.

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🏛️ Political Memoirs 👩‍💼 Female Leadership 💙 Empathetic Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Management 🎭 Impostor Syndrome

A Different Kind of Power 90%

A prime minister led through massacre and pandemic with empathy, then walked away. Here is why.

by Jacinda Ardern 2025

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21k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👩‍💼 Female Leadership 💙 Empathetic Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Management 🎭 Impostor Syndrome

Kingmaker

by Sonia Purnell • 2024

Dismissed as a courtesan, she rebuilt the Democrats and became ambassador to France at 73.

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🏛️ Political Biography 🗳️ Women In Politics 🕊️ Soft Power ⚔️ Wartime Diplomacy 🌊 Transatlantic Relations

Kingmaker 90%

Dismissed as a courtesan, she rebuilt the Democrats and became ambassador to France at 73.

by Sonia Purnell 2024

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🏛️ Political Biography 🗳️ Women In Politics 🕊️ Soft Power ⚔️ Wartime Diplomacy 🌊 Transatlantic Relations

The Likeability Trap

by Alicia Menendez • 2019

The workplace paradox trapping women: warmth undercuts competence, strength undercuts likeability.

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👩‍💼 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 🪢 Double Bind 💔 Emotional Labor 🎭 Authentic Leadership

The Likeability Trap 90%

The workplace paradox trapping women: warmth undercuts competence, strength undercuts likeability.

by Alicia Menendez 2019

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👩‍💼 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 🪢 Double Bind 💔 Emotional Labor 🎭 Authentic Leadership

Remember Who You Are

by Paula Brown Stafford • 2018

Which priorities shatter and which can wait: a leadership guide for women who want both.

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🏢 Career Advancement 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Personal Branding 🤝 Authentic Leadership 📋 Priority Management

Remember Who You Are 90%

Which priorities shatter and which can wait: a leadership guide for women who want both.

by Paula Brown Stafford 2018

4.58

48 ratings

🏢 Career Advancement 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Personal Branding 🤝 Authentic Leadership 📋 Priority Management

The Chancellor

by Kati Marton • 2021

The Stasi taught her to reveal nothing. As chancellor, that instinct became her greatest weapon.

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🧊 Cold War Germany 👩‍💼 Female World Leaders 🤫 Quiet Leadership 🇪🇺 European Politics 🛡️ Democratic Resilience

The Chancellor 90%

The Stasi taught her to reveal nothing. As chancellor, that instinct became her greatest weapon.

by Kati Marton 2021

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🧊 Cold War Germany 👩‍💼 Female World Leaders 🤫 Quiet Leadership 🇪🇺 European Politics 🛡️ Democratic Resilience

Darling, You Can't Do Both

by Janet Kestin • 2014

You cannot outwork bias or out-nice sexism. Two creative chiefs on what moves women forward.

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🏢 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 💰 Salary Negotiation 🎯 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Mentorship

Darling, You Can't Do Both 90%

You cannot outwork bias or out-nice sexism. Two creative chiefs on what moves women forward.

by Janet Kestin 2014

3.79

338 ratings

🏢 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 💰 Salary Negotiation 🎯 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Mentorship

The Art of War for Women

by Chin-Ning Chu • 2001

Win at work without becoming someone else: Sun Tzu's strategy, rewritten for women's careers.

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👩‍💼 Feminine Leadership 🏢 Office Politics ♟️ Strategic Thinking ⚔️ Sun Tzu Business ✨ Personal Branding

The Art of War for Women 89%

Win at work without becoming someone else: Sun Tzu's strategy, rewritten for women's careers.

by Chin-Ning Chu 2001

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2k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Feminine Leadership 🏢 Office Politics ♟️ Strategic Thinking ⚔️ Sun Tzu Business ✨ Personal Branding

Know Your Power

by Nancy Pelosi • 2008

She ran for Congress at 47 with five children. Her precinct-by-precinct organizing made her Speaker.

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🗳️ Women In Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Democratic Politics 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 👩‍🏫 Mentorship For Women

Know Your Power 89%

She ran for Congress at 47 with five children. Her precinct-by-precinct organizing made her Speaker.

by Nancy Pelosi 2008

3.41

544 ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Democratic Politics 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 👩‍🏫 Mentorship For Women

Hardball for Women

by Pat Heim • 1992

The business world plays by male rules. The playbook for women who were never handed one.

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🏢 Corporate Politics 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📋 Unwritten Rules ⚡ Power Dynamics 📢 Self-Advocacy

Hardball for Women 89%

The business world plays by male rules. The playbook for women who were never handed one.

by Pat Heim 1992

3.80

444 ratings

🏢 Corporate Politics 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📋 Unwritten Rules ⚡ Power Dynamics 📢 Self-Advocacy

WOLFPACK

by Abby Wambach • 2019

Why gratitude kept you small, and the eight wild rules for taking your power back.

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🐺 Women's Leadership 🤝 Collective Success 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🧠 Abundance Mindset 🔄 Failure Resilience

WOLFPACK 89%

Why gratitude kept you small, and the eight wild rules for taking your power back.

by Abby Wambach 2019

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26k+ ratings

🐺 Women's Leadership 🤝 Collective Success 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🧠 Abundance Mindset 🔄 Failure Resilience

Angela Merkel

by Matt Qvortrup • 2016

Merkel spent thirty years learning to stay silent in East Germany. Then she outlasted everyone.

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🇩🇪 Modern Germany 📚 Political Biographies ⚡ Crisis Management 🇪🇺 European Union 🏛️ Realpolitik

Angela Merkel 89%

Merkel spent thirty years learning to stay silent in East Germany. Then she outlasted everyone.

by Matt Qvortrup 2016

3.76

373 ratings

🇩🇪 Modern Germany 📚 Political Biographies ⚡ Crisis Management 🇪🇺 European Union 🏛️ Realpolitik

My Life in Full

by Indra Nooyi • 2021

An immigrant's rise to PepsiCo CEO, and the family tradeoffs no corner office can fix.

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🏢 Corporate Leadership 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📝 Executive Memoirs ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 👩‍👧‍👦 Working Mothers

My Life in Full 89%

An immigrant's rise to PepsiCo CEO, and the family tradeoffs no corner office can fix.

by Indra Nooyi 2021

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🏢 Corporate Leadership 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📝 Executive Memoirs ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 👩‍👧‍👦 Working Mothers

Cleopatra

by Alberto Angela • 2018

The seductress myth hides a multilingual strategist who used intellect and intimacy to defy Rome.

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🏛️ Ancient Egypt ⚔️ Ancient Rome 👑 Female Rulers ♟️ Political Strategy 🏰 Court Politics

Cleopatra 89%

The seductress myth hides a multilingual strategist who used intellect and intimacy to defy Rome.

by Alberto Angela 2018

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🏛️ Ancient Egypt ⚔️ Ancient Rome 👑 Female Rulers ♟️ Political Strategy 🏰 Court Politics

No Explanation Required!

by Carol Sankar • 2021

Stop explaining. Stop apologizing. The word-level tools that get women heard and promoted.

3.53

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Executive Presence 🗣️ Assertive Language ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work 💪 Overcoming Self-Doubt

No Explanation Required! 89%

Stop explaining. Stop apologizing. The word-level tools that get women heard and promoted.

by Carol Sankar 2021

3.53

38 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Executive Presence 🗣️ Assertive Language ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work 💪 Overcoming Self-Doubt

Machiavelli For Women

by Stacey Vanek Smith • 2021

Negotiate pay, speak up, handle difficult colleagues: Renaissance tactics for working women.

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🏢 Workplace Strategy 💰 Career Negotiation 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Office Politics 💪 Confidence Building

Machiavelli For Women 89%

Negotiate pay, speak up, handle difficult colleagues: Renaissance tactics for working women.

by Stacey Vanek Smith 2021

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2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Strategy 💰 Career Negotiation 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Office Politics 💪 Confidence Building

The Tigress of Forlì

by Elizabeth Lev • 2011

Seven months pregnant, she seized a papal fortress and held the Vatican hostage for eleven days.

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🏛️ Renaissance Italy ⚔️ Women Warriors 🗡️ Court Intrigue 👑 Dynastic Politics 🏰 Siege Warfare

The Tigress of Forlì 89%

Seven months pregnant, she seized a papal fortress and held the Vatican hostage for eleven days.

by Elizabeth Lev 2011

4.07

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Italy ⚔️ Women Warriors 🗡️ Court Intrigue 👑 Dynastic Politics 🏰 Siege Warfare

Work Wife

by Erica Cerulo • 2019

Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.

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🚀 Female Founders 👥 Cofounder Dynamics 👯 Friendship At Work 💗 Workplace Empathy 🧩 Shared Leadership

Work Wife 89%

Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.

by Erica Cerulo 2019

3.77

270 ratings

🚀 Female Founders 👥 Cofounder Dynamics 👯 Friendship At Work 💗 Workplace Empathy 🧩 Shared Leadership

Indomitable

by Arundhati Bhattacharya • 2022

From a steel township to India's largest bank, just as demonetization and a six-bank merger hit.

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👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏦 Banking Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds

Indomitable 89%

From a steel township to India's largest bank, just as demonetization and a six-bank merger hit.

by Arundhati Bhattacharya 2022

4.18

183 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏦 Banking Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds

Likeable Badass

by Alison Fragale • 2024

How women get the respect they deserve: blend warmth and competence, and build an army of advocates.

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👩‍💼 Women's Leadership 📈 Career Strategy 🏆 Status Building 🎤 Executive Presence 📢 Strategic Self-Promotion

Likeable Badass 89%

How women get the respect they deserve: blend warmth and competence, and build an army of advocates.

by Alison Fragale 2024

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3k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women's Leadership 📈 Career Strategy 🏆 Status Building 🎤 Executive Presence 📢 Strategic Self-Promotion

The Art of Power

by Nancy Pelosi • 2024

From the 2008 crash to January 6, how the first woman Speaker held democracy together.

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👩‍⚖️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Congressional Leadership 📖 Political Memoir 🚨 Crisis Management 📜 Legislative Process

The Art of Power 89%

From the 2008 crash to January 6, how the first woman Speaker held democracy together.

by Nancy Pelosi 2024

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6k+ ratings

👩‍⚖️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Congressional Leadership 📖 Political Memoir 🚨 Crisis Management 📜 Legislative Process

Lead from the Outside

by Stacey Abrams • 2018

The system wasn't built for outsiders. A tactical guide to hacking ambition, money, and power.

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✊🏽 Minority Leadership 🗳️ Political Ambition 🚧 Systemic Barriers 💰 Financial Literacy 😨 Fear As Fuel

Lead from the Outside 89%

The system wasn't built for outsiders. A tactical guide to hacking ambition, money, and power.

by Stacey Abrams 2018

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7k+ ratings

✊🏽 Minority Leadership 🗳️ Political Ambition 🚧 Systemic Barriers 💰 Financial Literacy 😨 Fear As Fuel

You Can't Know It All

by Wanda T. Wallace • 2019

Getting promoted past your expertise demands a leadership model no technical mastery can teach you.

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🔄 Leadership Transitions 🔗 Cross-Functional Teams 🧠 Managing Experts 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Executive Development

You Can't Know It All 89%

Getting promoted past your expertise demands a leadership model no technical mastery can teach you.

by Wanda T. Wallace 2019

3.99

135 ratings

🔄 Leadership Transitions 🔗 Cross-Functional Teams 🧠 Managing Experts 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Executive Development

Elizabeth I CEO

by Alan Axelrod • 2000

Outlast rivals, command loyalty, turn crises into triumphs: Elizabeth I's playbook for leaders.

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👑 Historical Leadership 🎭 Personal Branding ⚡ Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Power Dynamics ♟️ Political Maneuvering

Elizabeth I CEO 89%

Outlast rivals, command loyalty, turn crises into triumphs: Elizabeth I's playbook for leaders.

by Alan Axelrod 2000

3.67

406 ratings

👑 Historical Leadership 🎭 Personal Branding ⚡ Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Power Dynamics ♟️ Political Maneuvering

What I Saw at the Revolution

by Peggy Noonan • 1990

A Brooklyn speechwriter gives Reagan his voice, then finds power is hollow at the center.

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🇺🇸 Reagan Era 🏛️ White House Memoirs ✍️ Political Speechwriting 🌽 Populist Politics 👩‍💼 Women In Politics

What I Saw at the Revolution 89%

A Brooklyn speechwriter gives Reagan his voice, then finds power is hollow at the center.

by Peggy Noonan 1990

3.91

852 ratings

🇺🇸 Reagan Era 🏛️ White House Memoirs ✍️ Political Speechwriting 🌽 Populist Politics 👩‍💼 Women In Politics

Elizabeth I and Her Circle

by Susan Doran • 2015

To understand Elizabeth I, look at her quarreling inner circle of cousins, favorites, and spies.

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👑 Elizabethan Politics ⚔️ Dynastic Conflict 🎭 Court Intrigue 📜 Ministerial Power 🕵️ Intelligence Networks

Elizabeth I and Her Circle 89%

To understand Elizabeth I, look at her quarreling inner circle of cousins, favorites, and spies.

by Susan Doran 2015

3.97

181 ratings

👑 Elizabethan Politics ⚔️ Dynastic Conflict 🎭 Court Intrigue 📜 Ministerial Power 🕵️ Intelligence Networks

Gravitas

by Lisa Sun • 2023

You don't have to be an extrovert to have gravitas. Eight strengths for true authority, your way.

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👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Executive Presence 💪 Strengths-Based Growth 🗣️ Inner Critic ⚖️ Systemic Bias

Gravitas 89%

You don't have to be an extrovert to have gravitas. Eight strengths for true authority, your way.

by Lisa Sun 2023

3.94

218 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Executive Presence 💪 Strengths-Based Growth 🗣️ Inner Critic ⚖️ Systemic Bias

Good Power

by Ginni Rometty • 2023

Turning a century-old company taught her power works best when given away. Here is how.

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👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🛡️ Stewardship Leadership 📖 Business Memoir 💻 Tech Industry 🔮 Future Of Work

Good Power 89%

Turning a century-old company taught her power works best when given away. Here is how.

by Ginni Rometty 2023

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1k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🛡️ Stewardship Leadership 📖 Business Memoir 💻 Tech Industry 🔮 Future Of Work

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office

by Lois P. Frankel • 2004

133 specific coaching fixes for the habits that make smart women seem like junior staff.

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📈 Career Advancement 🏛️ Office Politics 👗 Self-Presentation 🗣️ Assertive Communication 🤝 Negotiation Skills

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office Summary

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office 88%

133 specific coaching fixes for the habits that make smart women seem like junior staff.

by Lois P. Frankel 2004

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20k+ ratings

📈 Career Advancement 🏛️ Office Politics 👗 Self-Presentation 🗣️ Assertive Communication 🤝 Negotiation Skills

The Authority Gap

by Mary Ann Sieghart • 2021

Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.

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🧑‍⚖️ Gender Bias 🏢 Workplace Inequality 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Women's Authority 🧠 Confidence Culture

The Authority Gap 88%

Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.

by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021

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3k+ ratings

🧑‍⚖️ Gender Bias 🏢 Workplace Inequality 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Women's Authority 🧠 Confidence Culture

CustomHer Experience

by Katie Mares • 2023

Women drive global consumer spending, yet 91 percent feel brands ignore them. The solution.

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🛍️ Female Consumers 🏷️ Brand Experience 🧠 Consumer Psychology ❤️ Emotional Branding 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

CustomHer Experience 88%

Women drive global consumer spending, yet 91 percent feel brands ignore them. The solution.

by Katie Mares 2023

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26 ratings

🛍️ Female Consumers 🏷️ Brand Experience 🧠 Consumer Psychology ❤️ Emotional Branding 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

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🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Off With Her Head 88%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

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3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Power Play

by Julia Banks • 2021

She was a Liberal MP. Then she walked. An Australian parliamentarian's story of misogyny and exit.

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🗳️ Women In Politics 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🧩 Workplace Gender Bias 🚫 Systemic Misogyny 🧭 Authentic Leadership

Power Play 88%

She was a Liberal MP. Then she walked. An Australian parliamentarian's story of misogyny and exit.

by Julia Banks 2021

3.94

463 ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🧩 Workplace Gender Bias 🚫 Systemic Misogyny 🧭 Authentic Leadership

A History of Islam in 21 Women

by Hossein Kamaly • 2021

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

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🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

A History of Islam in 21 Women 88%

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

by Hossein Kamaly 2021

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501 ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

Nice Girls Just Don't Get It

by Lois P. Frankel • 2005

How your 'nice' conditioning costs you promotions, raises, and respect, and what to do instead.

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👩‍💼 Women In Business 🗣️ Assertiveness Training 🚧 Boundary Setting 🤝 Strategic Networking 📢 Self-Advocacy

Nice Girls Just Don't Get It 88%

How your 'nice' conditioning costs you promotions, raises, and respect, and what to do instead.

by Lois P. Frankel 2005

3.61

529 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🗣️ Assertiveness Training 🚧 Boundary Setting 🤝 Strategic Networking 📢 Self-Advocacy

How Women Rise

by Sally Helgesen • 2018

The 12 career habits that hold women back, and the shifts that counter each one.

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👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Career Advancement 🪤 Self-Sabotage 🗣️ Professional Communication 🤝 Workplace Allies

How Women Rise 88%

The 12 career habits that hold women back, and the shifts that counter each one.

by Sally Helgesen 2018

4.08

10k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Career Advancement 🪤 Self-Sabotage 🗣️ Professional Communication 🤝 Workplace Allies

Unapologetically Ambitious

by Shellye Archambeau • 2020

Become CEO by treating your career as a strategic campaign: a playbook from someone who did.

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🎯 Career Strategy 👩‍💼 Women In Business 🤝 Mentorship 🎭 Impostor Syndrome ⚖️ Work Life Integration

Unapologetically Ambitious 88%

Become CEO by treating your career as a strategic campaign: a playbook from someone who did.

by Shellye Archambeau 2020

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2k+ ratings

🎯 Career Strategy 👩‍💼 Women In Business 🤝 Mentorship 🎭 Impostor Syndrome ⚖️ Work Life Integration

Follow Every Rainbow

by Rashmi Bansal • 2012

Everest at 48, a baking empire from home: the pattern behind 25 Indian women who built empires.

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👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs 🇮🇳 Indian Women 💪 Overcoming Adversity ❤️ Passion Projects ⚖️ Work Life Balance

Follow Every Rainbow 88%

Everest at 48, a baking empire from home: the pattern behind 25 Indian women who built empires.

by Rashmi Bansal 2012

3.82

589 ratings

👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs 🇮🇳 Indian Women 💪 Overcoming Adversity ❤️ Passion Projects ⚖️ Work Life Balance

Transforming Leadership

by James MacGregor Burns • 2003

Leadership has two modes: the deal-making kind and the kind that reshapes what people want.

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🏛️ Political Leadership 📜 Political Philosophy ⚖️ Values-Based Leadership 🔄 Leader Follower Dynamics ⚡ Creative Conflict

Transforming Leadership 88%

Leadership has two modes: the deal-making kind and the kind that reshapes what people want.

by James MacGregor Burns 2003

3.81

251 ratings

🏛️ Political Leadership 📜 Political Philosophy ⚖️ Values-Based Leadership 🔄 Leader Follower Dynamics ⚡ Creative Conflict

The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear

by Caitlin Friedman • 2008

A career playbook for women: chart your course, negotiate your salary, and build a real network.

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👩‍💼 Women In Business 🧭 Career Planning 📣 Self-Promotion 🤝 Networking 💰 Salary Negotiation

The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear Summary

The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear 88%

A career playbook for women: chart your course, negotiate your salary, and build a real network.

by Caitlin Friedman 2008

3.34

146 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🧭 Career Planning 📣 Self-Promotion 🤝 Networking 💰 Salary Negotiation

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are

by Ursula Burns • 2021

From the projects to Xerox CEO: saving a corporate giant and rewriting its moral contract.

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691

🏢 Corporate Leadership 📖 Business Memoirs 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🚨 Crisis Management 📈 Economic Mobility

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are Summary

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are 88%

From the projects to Xerox CEO: saving a corporate giant and rewriting its moral contract.

by Ursula Burns 2021

4.01

691 ratings

🏢 Corporate Leadership 📖 Business Memoirs 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🚨 Crisis Management 📈 Economic Mobility

Breaking the Zero-Sum Game

by Aldo Boitano de Moras • 2017

Winners need losers: the default leadership script. What happens when inclusive models rewrite it.

4.00

🫂 Inclusive Leadership 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Shared Leadership 📖 Critical Theory

Breaking the Zero-Sum Game 88%

Winners need losers: the default leadership script. What happens when inclusive models rewrite it.

by Aldo Boitano de Moras 2017

4.00

2 ratings

🫂 Inclusive Leadership 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Shared Leadership 📖 Critical Theory

Strongmen

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat • 2020

Authoritarians from Mussolini to Trump run the same playbook. A century of evidence shows how.

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🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🎭 Cult Of Personality 📢 Propaganda 💰 Kleptocracy ⚔️ Political Violence

Strongmen 88%

Authoritarians from Mussolini to Trump run the same playbook. A century of evidence shows how.

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020

4.27

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🎭 Cult Of Personality 📢 Propaganda 💰 Kleptocracy ⚔️ Political Violence

Girls Who Rocked the World

by Michelle R. McCann • 2012

Young women who led nations, made discoveries, and broke records before they turned twenty.

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📜 Women's History 🌟 Young Changemakers 📚 Collective Biography 💪 Girl Power 🔬 STEM Pioneers

Girls Who Rocked the World 88%

Young women who led nations, made discoveries, and broke records before they turned twenty.

by Michelle R. McCann 2012

4.04

541 ratings

📜 Women's History 🌟 Young Changemakers 📚 Collective Biography 💪 Girl Power 🔬 STEM Pioneers

Leadership in Game of Thrones

by Brigitte Biehl • 2021

What the carnage in Westeros teaches about power, ethics, and staying alive at the top.

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