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2013.
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English
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Facebook COO Sandberg examines the dearth of women in major leadership positions, and what women can do to solve the problem, in this provocative tome. While acknowledging that women have made great strides in the business world, she posits that they still have a long way to go and lays out a plan for women to get there. "I have written this book to encourage women to dream big, forge a path through the obstacles, and achieve their full potential,"...
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Running a successful fashion empire in Paris and New York that hides the pain of a failed marriage, Timmie O endures a sequence of meaningless relationships before a surprise bout of appendicitis places her under the care of alluring but married French doctor, Jean-Charles Vernier.
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"The evidence is in: traits--compassion, empathy, the ability to listen, mentor, nurture and collaborate--are giving women executives a built-in advantage in volatile and uncertain times. To navigate today's complex challenges around DE&I, social justice, climate change and the Great Resignation, leaders need to cultivate a kind of compassionate command. Almost a decade since Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg was first published, Path to Parity flips the...
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"One of the world's most respected leaders, former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty overcame childhood and financial struggles to embark on a groundbreaking career that took her from entry-level engineer to eight years as the first woman CEO of an iconic global company. Forty years in business and public advocacy taught Rometty the transformative power of leadership that blends authenticity, relationships, and curiosity with vision, rigor, and conviction. In...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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The world has awakened to the urgent need to focus on women's advancement-companies with gender-balanced leadership are far more likely to outperform their peers, and the evolving expectations of leadership align to women's natural strengths. But we're nowhere near achieving that equity. Less than 10 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women, and the pace of growth is shockingly slow, made worse by COVID-19 and its aftermath. What does it take for women...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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The Board Game presents the undeniable case for having more women corporate directors at the decision-making tables of America's public companies. Fifty-eight women directors tell how they won their first board seats. From her executive-search perspective, author Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire gives valuable advice to women at all career stages-so YOU, your sisters, your mothers, and your daughters will have a chance to win The Board Game. Influential male...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
Description
Rosa Guerrero beat the odds as she rose to the top of the corporate world. An attractive woman of a certain age, the longtime chief of human resources at Ellery Consumer Research is still a formidable presence, even if her most vital days are behind her. A leader who wields power with grace and discretion, she has earned the devotion and loyalty of her staff. No one admires Rosa more than her doting lieutenant Leo Smalls, a benefits vice president...
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Kate Reddy novels volume 2
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English
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"Allison Pearson's brilliant debut novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, was a New York Times bestseller with four million copies sold around the world. Called "the definitive social comedy of working motherhood" (The Washington Post) and "a hysterical look--in both the laughing and crying senses of the world--at the life of Supermom" (The New York Times), I Don't Know How She Does It introduced Kate Reddy, a woman as sharp as she was funny. As Oprah...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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I'm Not Yelling is part strategy for savvy black business women navigating a predominantly white corporate America and part vessel empowering black women to find their voices in toxic work environments and be successful business women. Statistical and anecdotal evidence guide the way. Explore the data and hear the accounts of Black women in business who face, work through, and rise above workplace discrimination. Finding your voice as women entrepreneurs....
12) The October list
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"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." --
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TURN OBSTACLES INTO FUEL FOR FULFILLMENT AND SUCCESS
What does it mean to become the fire? It means not allowing yourself to be in the fire of life's challenges, getting burned, but instead using the fire to ignite your motivation and drive, passion and grit. It means not focusing on what you don't have or can't do, but instead leveraging what you do have and can do. It means using your differences to your advantage and seeing life's chaos as fuel...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Arrive and Thrive addresses the persistent problems women leaders face by offering seven actionable practices listeners can use to pave a smooth path to success. The executive chair of Deloitte's US board, Janet Foutty, teams up with two renowned women leaders-Susan MacKenty Brady and Lynn Perry Wooten-to show you how to overcome obstacles in your career. Packed with firsthand contributions from both men and women leaders of some of today's biggest...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"When it comes to the gender gap, it is not enough to ask women to ""lean in"" and demand promotions and raises. Organizations have an obligation to level up and provide women with more opportunities for advancement. In this book, leadership and governance expert Carol Geffner makes a strong case that for women to reach their full potential, workplaces and their leaders must take a more proactive role in combating gender discrimination. Based on over...
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Women hold over half of all professional jobs today, yet they represent just 4 percent of CEOs in the S&P 500. Even worse, that percentage has barely budged in a decade. In every industry, from private equity investing to network television, women are underrepresented in leadership and paid less than men for the same work. That's where The Influence Effect comes in. Based on recent research by the authors of the New York Times bestseller Break Your...
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2010.
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English
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Three powerful African-American female executives celebrate their gender and heritage as they share their secrets for success in this effective guide for businesswomen. Ways to communicate thoughtfully, trust yourself, and exude self-esteem are just a few tactics the authors discuss for those who want to enter the workforce as confident leaders.
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2019.
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English
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Recent changes in big business has seen the expectations of employees evolve and the now demand a new style of communication from their leaders. We have seen unprecedented disruption through organisational change, levels of trust have plummeted, the collision of multigenerational workforces and with the rise and rise of technology baffling phrases and acronyms have proliferated. People have never felt so isolated and confused. This book reveals how...
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