👩‍💼 Professional Women

Books addressing the distinct challenges, triumphs, and strategies of women navigating careers in workplaces still shaped by gendered expectations. Part inspiration, part tactical guide, they speak to ambition that refuses to apologize.

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.

3.34

146

👩‍💼 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 91%

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

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.

3.66

20k+

📈 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 91%

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

by Lois P. Frankel 2004

3.66

20k+ ratings

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

Hardball for Women

by Pat Heim • 1992

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

3.80

444

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

Hardball for Women 91%

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

Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett • 2013

Mentors advise. Sponsors promote. How to attract the senior ally who will fight for your career.

3.71

776

🚀 Career Advancement 🏛️ Workplace Politics 🎯 Executive Presence 💎 Personal Branding ⚖️ Workplace Bias

Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor 91%

Mentors advise. Sponsors promote. How to attract the senior ally who will fight for your career.

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett 2013

3.71

776 ratings

🚀 Career Advancement 🏛️ Workplace Politics 🎯 Executive Presence 💎 Personal Branding ⚖️ Workplace Bias

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.

3.79

338

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

Darling, You Can't Do Both 91%

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

Remember Who You Are

by Paula Brown Stafford • 2018

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

4.58

🏢 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

Little Black Book

by Otegha Uwagba • 2017

Pitch yourself, price your work, own your career: a field guide for creative women.

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3k+

🎨 Creative Careers 💼 Women In Business ⏳ Time Management 🏷️ Personal Branding 💰 Negotiation Skills

Little Black Book 90%

Pitch yourself, price your work, own your career: a field guide for creative women.

by Otegha Uwagba 2017

3.52

3k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Careers 💼 Women In Business ⏳ Time Management 🏷️ Personal Branding 💰 Negotiation Skills

How Women Rise

by Sally Helgesen • 2018

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

4.08

10k+

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

How Women Rise 90%

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

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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3k+

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

Likeable Badass 90%

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

by Alison Fragale 2024

4.24

3k+ ratings

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

Work Wife

by Erica Cerulo • 2019

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

3.77

270

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

Work Wife 90%

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

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.

3.61

529

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

Nice Girls Just Don't Get It 90%

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

Machiavelli For Women

by Stacey Vanek Smith • 2021

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

4.03

2k+

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

Machiavelli For Women 90%

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

by Stacey Vanek Smith 2021

4.03

2k+ ratings

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

The Memo

by Minda Harts • 2019

Career advice assumes a seat at the table. This one starts outside, with a plan.

4.21

2k+

💼 Corporate Careers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 🤝 Networking Strategies 💰 Salary Negotiation 🏢 Office Politics

The Memo 90%

Career advice assumes a seat at the table. This one starts outside, with a plan.

by Minda Harts 2019

4.21

2k+ ratings

💼 Corporate Careers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 🤝 Networking Strategies 💰 Salary Negotiation 🏢 Office Politics

The Likeability Trap

by Alicia Menendez • 2019

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

3.57

1k+

👩‍💼 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

3.57

1k+ ratings

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

Everything Is Negotiable

by Meg Myers Morgan • 2018

You give too much. The counterintuitive case for caring less and negotiating a bigger life.

3.80

360

🔑 Negotiation For Women 📐 Life Design 🧩 Perfectionism 🚧 Boundary Setting 📖 Personal Narrative

Everything Is Negotiable 90%

You give too much. The counterintuitive case for caring less and negotiating a bigger life.

by Meg Myers Morgan 2018

3.80

360 ratings

🔑 Negotiation For Women 📐 Life Design 🧩 Perfectionism 🚧 Boundary Setting 📖 Personal Narrative

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! 90%

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

Knowing Your Value

by Mika Brzezinski • 2011

Why you're paid less, and a direct approach to negotiating the salary you deserve.

3.80

4k+

🗣️ Career Negotiation ⚖️ Gender Pay Gap 🚧 Self-Sabotage 📢 Self-Promotion 💪 Confidence Building

Knowing Your Value 90%

Why you're paid less, and a direct approach to negotiating the salary you deserve.

by Mika Brzezinski 2011

3.80

4k+ ratings

🗣️ Career Negotiation ⚖️ Gender Pay Gap 🚧 Self-Sabotage 📢 Self-Promotion 💪 Confidence Building

If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair

by Anya Hindmarch • 2021

How a fashion CEO reframes fear, builds systems, and treats self-care as a business strategy.

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2k+

👜 Women In Business 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🧖 Self-Care Practices

If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair 90%

How a fashion CEO reframes fear, builds systems, and treats self-care as a business strategy.

by Anya Hindmarch 2021

3.59

2k+ ratings

👜 Women In Business 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🧖 Self-Care Practices

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.

3.66

2k+

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

The Art of War for Women 90%

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

by Chin-Ning Chu 2001

3.66

2k+ ratings

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

Feminist Fight Club

by Jessica Bennett • 2016

How to get heard, paid, and promoted when the office deck is stacked against you.

3.76

8k+

💢 Workplace Sexism 🧠 Unconscious Bias 😰 Imposter Syndrome 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 💰 Salary Negotiation

Feminist Fight Club 90%

How to get heard, paid, and promoted when the office deck is stacked against you.

by Jessica Bennett 2016

3.76

8k+ ratings

💢 Workplace Sexism 🧠 Unconscious Bias 😰 Imposter Syndrome 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 💰 Salary Negotiation

Follow Every Rainbow

by Rashmi Bansal • 2012

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

3.82

589

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

Follow Every Rainbow 90%

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

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out

by Lois P. Frankel • 2020

Specific scripts for the conversations where being agreeable gets women overlooked at work.

3.35

250

💬 Workplace Communication 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📣 Self-Advocacy ✋ Assertiveness Training 🗣️ Difficult Conversations

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out Summary

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out 90%

Specific scripts for the conversations where being agreeable gets women overlooked at work.

by Lois P. Frankel 2020

3.35

250 ratings

💬 Workplace Communication 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📣 Self-Advocacy ✋ Assertiveness Training 🗣️ Difficult Conversations

Lean In

by Sheryl Sandberg • 2013

Women pay a likeability tax on every promotion. The rules for navigating it without losing yourself.

3.95

270k+

🏢 Women In The Workplace 💼 Corporate Feminism ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🪢 Double Bind

Lean In 90%

Women pay a likeability tax on every promotion. The rules for navigating it without losing yourself.

by Sheryl Sandberg 2013

3.95

270k+ ratings

🏢 Women In The Workplace 💼 Corporate Feminism ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🪢 Double Bind

Secrets of Six-Figure Women

by Barbara Stanny (now Huson) • 2002

The hidden patterns that keep women's paychecks stuck, and the eight strategies to raise them.

4.03

4k+

💼 Women In Business 💰 Money Mindset 🤝 Negotiation Skills 📈 Career Advancement 🌱 Growth Mindset

Secrets of Six-Figure Women 90%

The hidden patterns that keep women's paychecks stuck, and the eight strategies to raise them.

by Barbara Stanny (now Huson) 2002

4.03

4k+ ratings

💼 Women In Business 💰 Money Mindset 🤝 Negotiation Skills 📈 Career Advancement 🌱 Growth Mindset

Unapologetically Ambitious

by Shellye Archambeau • 2020

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

4.05

2k+

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

Unapologetically Ambitious 89%

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

by Shellye Archambeau 2020

4.05

2k+ ratings

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

Exit Interview

by Kristi Coulter • 2023

Amazon promised a meritocracy. For women, ambition demanded a second full-time job: survival.

4.14

7k+

💻 Tech Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work 🔥 Workplace Burnout 👩‍💻 Women In Tech

Exit Interview 89%

Amazon promised a meritocracy. For women, ambition demanded a second full-time job: survival.

by Kristi Coulter 2023

4.14

7k+ ratings

💻 Tech Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work 🔥 Workplace Burnout 👩‍💻 Women In Tech

Seen, Heard, and Paid

by Alan Henry • 2022

For underrepresented professionals: the tasks that actually get you promoted and the ones to refuse.

4.08

116

📈 Career Advancement 🌐 Marginalized Professionals 📋 Non-Promotable Tasks 👁️ Visibility At Work ⬆️ Managing Up

Seen, Heard, and Paid 89%

For underrepresented professionals: the tasks that actually get you promoted and the ones to refuse.

by Alan Henry 2022

4.08

116 ratings

📈 Career Advancement 🌐 Marginalized Professionals 📋 Non-Promotable Tasks 👁️ Visibility At Work ⬆️ Managing Up

The Authority Gap

by Mary Ann Sieghart • 2021

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

4.31

3k+

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

The Authority Gap 89%

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

by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021

4.31

3k+ ratings

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

My Life in Full

by Indra Nooyi • 2021

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

4.24

10k+

🏢 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

4.24

10k+ ratings

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

Leapfrog

by Nathalie Molina Niño • 2018

Smarter money, real influence, and corporate clients: the shortcut playbook for women founders.

4.28

194

🚺 Women Entrepreneurs ✊ Feminist Business 💰 Startup Funding 🛠️ Scrappy Startups 🕸️ Strategic Networking

Leapfrog 89%

Smarter money, real influence, and corporate clients: the shortcut playbook for women founders.

by Nathalie Molina Niño 2018

4.28

194 ratings

🚺 Women Entrepreneurs ✊ Feminist Business 💰 Startup Funding 🛠️ Scrappy Startups 🕸️ Strategic Networking

Two Weeks Notice

by Amy Porterfield • 2023

Trade your resignation letter for an online business, built step by step around your expertise.

4.12

1k+

🖥️ Online Business 🚀 Solo Entrepreneurship 🚪 Corporate Exit 📦 Digital Products ✍️ Content Creation

Two Weeks Notice 89%

Trade your resignation letter for an online business, built step by step around your expertise.

by Amy Porterfield 2023

4.12

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Online Business 🚀 Solo Entrepreneurship 🚪 Corporate Exit 📦 Digital Products ✍️ Content Creation

Think and Grow Rich for Women

by Sharon L. Lechter • 2014

A classic success system, rebuilt from the ground up for women whose ambitions outrun the old rules.

3.95

616

🏢 Women In Business 📜 Classic Success Principles 🌟 New Thought 🧠 Autosuggestion 👁️ Goal Visualization

Think and Grow Rich for Women 89%

A classic success system, rebuilt from the ground up for women whose ambitions outrun the old rules.

by Sharon L. Lechter 2014

3.95

616 ratings

🏢 Women In Business 📜 Classic Success Principles 🌟 New Thought 🧠 Autosuggestion 👁️ Goal Visualization

Find Your Strongest Life

by Marcus Buckingham • 2009

More choices, more success, yet women are unhappier than ever. The answer is not balance.

3.85

592

🌸 Women's Wellbeing 🔍 Strength Discovery 🧠 Positive Psychology 🤔 Choice Overload ⚖️ Rejecting Balance

Find Your Strongest Life 89%

More choices, more success, yet women are unhappier than ever. The answer is not balance.

by Marcus Buckingham 2009

3.85

592 ratings

🌸 Women's Wellbeing 🔍 Strength Discovery 🧠 Positive Psychology 🤔 Choice Overload ⚖️ Rejecting Balance

The Unspoken Rules

by Gorick Ng • 2021

Your boss is always asking three questions about you. The answers determine your career.

4.24

1k+

🌱 Early Career 🏢 Workplace Dynamics 🧭 Career Navigation 💼 Professional Presence 🔄 Feedback Culture

The Unspoken Rules 89%

Your boss is always asking three questions about you. The answers determine your career.

by Gorick Ng 2021

4.24

1k+ ratings

🌱 Early Career 🏢 Workplace Dynamics 🧭 Career Navigation 💼 Professional Presence 🔄 Feedback Culture

You On Top

by Kate White • 2007

A no-hesitation guide to owning your power from the bedroom to the boardroom.

3.48

104

♀️ Womens Empowerment 🔥 Sexual Confidence 💼 Career Advice For Women 💪 Confidence Building 💬 Communication With Men

You On Top 89%

A no-hesitation guide to owning your power from the bedroom to the boardroom.

by Kate White 2007

3.48

104 ratings

♀️ Womens Empowerment 🔥 Sexual Confidence 💼 Career Advice For Women 💪 Confidence Building 💬 Communication With Men

#Girlboss

by Sophia Amoruso • 2014

From shoplifter to CEO: the scrappy business playbook for women who refuse to fit in.

3.64

77k+

🧱 Bootstrapping 💼 Career Advice 💰 Financial Literacy 🔥 Hustle Culture 👽 Outsider Success

#Girlboss 89%

From shoplifter to CEO: the scrappy business playbook for women who refuse to fit in.

by Sophia Amoruso 2014

3.64

77k+ ratings

🧱 Bootstrapping 💼 Career Advice 💰 Financial Literacy 🔥 Hustle Culture 👽 Outsider Success

Beside Every Successful Man

by Megan Basham • 2008

Married men earn 20 to 50 percent more. A wife's guide to making that premium a strategy.

3.82

🫂 Spousal Partnerships 🎯 Career Coaching 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Networking Strategies ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Beside Every Successful Man 89%

Married men earn 20 to 50 percent more. A wife's guide to making that premium a strategy.

by Megan Basham 2008

3.82

51 ratings

🫂 Spousal Partnerships 🎯 Career Coaching 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Networking Strategies ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

CustomHer Experience

by Katie Mares • 2023

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

3.62

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

CustomHer Experience 89%

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

by Katie Mares 2023

3.62

26 ratings

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

Gravitas

by Lisa Sun • 2023

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

3.94

218

👩‍💼 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

On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

by Arianna Huffington • 2006

Fear will never vanish. The skill is acting anyway, in every domain that counts.

3.47

2k+

💪 Women's Empowerment 🪞 Body Image 🤲 Self-Acceptance 💔 Vulnerability 🗣️ Authentic Leadership

On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life Summary

On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life 89%

Fear will never vanish. The skill is acting anyway, in every domain that counts.

by Arianna Huffington 2006

3.47

2k+ ratings

💪 Women's Empowerment 🪞 Body Image 🤲 Self-Acceptance 💔 Vulnerability 🗣️ Authentic Leadership

Girl, Stop Apologizing

by Rachel Hollis • 2019

Drop the excuses, build the confidence. A guilt-free plan for women ready to chase their goals.

3.77

92k+

🙋‍♀️ Women's Ambition 🎯 Goal Setting 💪 Confidence Building 🛡️ Shame Resilience ♀️ Modern Feminism

Girl, Stop Apologizing 89%

Drop the excuses, build the confidence. A guilt-free plan for women ready to chase their goals.

by Rachel Hollis 2019

3.77

92k+ ratings

🙋‍♀️ Women's Ambition 🎯 Goal Setting 💪 Confidence Building 🛡️ Shame Resilience ♀️ Modern Feminism

Unfinished Business

by Anne-Marie Slaughter • 2015

Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.

3.91

3k+

🏢 Workplace Equality 🧱 Care Infrastructure 🔄 Career Reentry 🏠 Flexible Work 💼 Working Mothers

Unfinished Business 89%

Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.

by Anne-Marie Slaughter 2015

3.91

3k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Equality 🧱 Care Infrastructure 🔄 Career Reentry 🏠 Flexible Work 💼 Working Mothers

All the Cool Girls Get Fired

by Laura Brown • 2025

A layoff is common. Master the exit: severance, network, story, sanity, and the comeback you design.

3.86

759

🪂 Layoff Recovery 💪 Career Resilience 🪪 Identity And Work 💰 Financial Self-Defense 🤝 Professional Networking

All the Cool Girls Get Fired 89%

A layoff is common. Master the exit: severance, network, story, sanity, and the comeback you design.

by Laura Brown 2025

3.86

759 ratings

🪂 Layoff Recovery 💪 Career Resilience 🪪 Identity And Work 💰 Financial Self-Defense 🤝 Professional Networking

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.

4.01

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 89%

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

Dear Madam President

by Jennifer Palmieri • 2018

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

3.89

6k+

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

Dear Madam President 89%

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

by Jennifer Palmieri 2018

3.89

6k+ ratings

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

Pay Up

by Reshma Saujani • 2022

The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.

3.59

970

👩‍💼 Working Mothers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 💰 Unpaid Labor 🍼 Intensive Parenting 🔥 Burnout Culture

Pay Up 89%

The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.

by Reshma Saujani 2022

3.59

970 ratings

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231

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Run to Win 89%

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3.60

231 ratings

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660

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The Leader Assistant 89%

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660 ratings

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Good Power 89%

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3.95

1k+ ratings

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3.92

334

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Smart, Not Loud 89%

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3.92

334 ratings

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