👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Stories and studies of women navigating power, breaking barriers, and redefining what authority looks like in boardrooms, governments, and movements.

Executive Presence

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett • 2014

Performance opens the door. Gravitas, delivery, and polish seal the deal. Here's how.

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🎯 Leadership Presence 📈 Career Advancement 👁️ Perception Management 💬 Feedback Seeking 🎙️ Polished Communication

Executive Presence

Performance opens the door. Gravitas, delivery, and polish seal the deal. Here's how.

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett 2014

3.52

3k+ ratings

🎯 Leadership Presence 📈 Career Advancement 👁️ Perception Management 💬 Feedback Seeking 🎙️ Polished Communication

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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📈 Career Advancement 🪤 Self-Sabotage 🗣️ Professional Communication 🤝 Workplace Allies 🎯 Perfectionism

How Women Rise

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

by Sally Helgesen 2018

4.08

10k+ ratings

📈 Career Advancement 🪤 Self-Sabotage 🗣️ Professional Communication 🤝 Workplace Allies 🎯 Perfectionism

The Confidence Code

by Katty Kay • 2014

Between a woman's competence and her action sits a gap called confidence. It can be closed.

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💼 Workplace Confidence 🧱 Confidence Building 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎯 Perfectionism 🧠 Overthinking

The Confidence Code

Between a woman's competence and her action sits a gap called confidence. It can be closed.

by Katty Kay 2014

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17k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Confidence 🧱 Confidence Building 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎯 Perfectionism 🧠 Overthinking

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 🏛️ Office Politics 💪 Confidence Building ⚖️ Gender Bias

Machiavelli For Women

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 🏛️ Office Politics 💪 Confidence Building ⚖️ Gender 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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🛡️ Stewardship Leadership 📖 Business Memoir 💻 Tech Industry 🔮 Future Of Work 🔄 Organizational Change

Good Power

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

🛡️ Stewardship Leadership 📖 Business Memoir 💻 Tech Industry 🔮 Future Of Work 🔄 Organizational Change

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's Authority 🧠 Confidence Culture 🔗 Intersectional Feminism

The Authority Gap

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's Authority 🧠 Confidence Culture 🔗 Intersectional Feminism

Personal History

by Katharine Graham • 1997

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

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📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 🏛️ Political Journalism 🗽 Press Freedom

Personal History

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

by Katharine Graham 1997

4.09

25k+ ratings

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 🏛️ Political Journalism 🗽 Press Freedom

Humans Are Underrated

by Geoff Colvin • 2015

The skills that will command the highest pay are the ones no algorithm can replicate.

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💼 Future Of Work 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📖 Storytelling In Business 🤝 Collaboration Skills 💬 Soft Skills

Humans Are Underrated

The skills that will command the highest pay are the ones no algorithm can replicate.

by Geoff Colvin 2015

3.79

775 ratings

💼 Future Of Work 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📖 Storytelling In Business 🤝 Collaboration Skills 💬 Soft Skills

The Truths We Hold

by Kamala Harris • 2019

Banks, broken courts, separated families: a prosecutor turned senator on the fights that made her.

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📖 Political Memoirs 🗳️ Progressive Politics ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🌎 Immigration Policy ✊ Civil Rights Movement

The Truths We Hold

Banks, broken courts, separated families: a prosecutor turned senator on the fights that made her.

by Kamala Harris 2019

4.05

34k+ ratings

📖 Political Memoirs 🗳️ Progressive Politics ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🌎 Immigration Policy ✊ Civil Rights Movement

The Likeability Trap

by Alicia Menendez • 2019

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

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⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 🪢 Double Bind 💔 Emotional Labor 🎭 Authentic Leadership 📉 Ambition Penalty

The Likeability Trap

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

by Alicia Menendez 2019

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1k+ ratings

⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 🪢 Double Bind 💔 Emotional Labor 🎭 Authentic Leadership 📉 Ambition Penalty

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 📝 Executive Memoirs ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 👩‍👧‍👦 Working Mothers 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs

My Life in Full

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 📝 Executive Memoirs ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 👩‍👧‍👦 Working Mothers 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in car crashes. The cause is everywhere.

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🧱 Data Bias 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Labor 🏥 Medical Sexism 📐 Gendered Design

Invisible Women

Women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in car crashes. The cause is everywhere.

by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019

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173k+ ratings

🧱 Data Bias 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Labor 🏥 Medical Sexism 📐 Gendered Design

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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🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender ⚔️ Violence Against Women

Off With Her Head

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

by Eleanor Herman 2022

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3k+ ratings

🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender ⚔️ Violence Against Women

How to Own the Room

by Viv Groskop • 2018

Confidence, not a flawless script, commands the room. Here is how women build it.

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🎤 Public Speaking 🕴️ Nonverbal Communication 🎭 Stage Presence 🌟 Authentic Leadership 🧍 Personal Presence

How to Own the Room

Confidence, not a flawless script, commands the room. Here is how women build it.

by Viv Groskop 2018

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2k+ ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 🕴️ Nonverbal Communication 🎭 Stage Presence 🌟 Authentic Leadership 🧍 Personal Presence

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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🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏦 Banking Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Indomitable

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

🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏦 Banking Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

A Lab of One's Own

by Rita Colwell • 2020

Science claimed meritocracy. One woman's data proved otherwise, and forced the system to change.

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🔬 Gender Bias In Science 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🔗 Interdisciplinary Research 📊 Data-Driven Advocacy 🤝 Mentorship In Science

A Lab of One's Own

Science claimed meritocracy. One woman's data proved otherwise, and forced the system to change.

by Rita Colwell 2020

4.24

719 ratings

🔬 Gender Bias In Science 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🔗 Interdisciplinary Research 📊 Data-Driven Advocacy 🤝 Mentorship In Science

Power Shift

by Sally Armstrong • 2019

Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.

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📜 Women's History 🌐 Global Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy Origins 💰 Economic Empowerment ⚠️ Violence Against Women

Power Shift

Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.

by Sally Armstrong 2019

4.17

253 ratings

📜 Women's History 🌐 Global Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy Origins 💰 Economic Empowerment ⚠️ Violence Against Women

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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🎙️ Executive Presence 💪 Strengths-Based Growth 🗣️ Inner Critic ⚖️ Systemic Bias 🌱 Positive Psychology

Gravitas

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

🎙️ Executive Presence 💪 Strengths-Based Growth 🗣️ Inner Critic ⚖️ Systemic Bias 🌱 Positive Psychology

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

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

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 📈 Executive Development 🚶‍♂️ Career Transitions

You Can't Know It All

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 📈 Executive Development 🚶‍♂️ Career Transitions

No Explanation Required!

by Carol Sankar • 2021

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

3.53

🎯 Executive Presence 🗣️ Assertive Language ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work 💪 Overcoming Self-Doubt 📢 Self-Advocacy

No Explanation Required!

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

by Carol Sankar 2021

3.53

38 ratings

🎯 Executive Presence 🗣️ Assertive Language ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work 💪 Overcoming Self-Doubt 📢 Self-Advocacy

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

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are

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

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 🎯 Personal Branding 🤝 Authentic Leadership 📋 Priority Management 🛡️ Resilience Building

Remember Who You Are

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 🎯 Personal Branding 🤝 Authentic Leadership 📋 Priority Management 🛡️ Resilience Building

Humans Are Underrated

by Geoff Colvin • 2015

A radiologist's most valuable skill is no longer reading scans. It is reading people.

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💼 Future Of Work 🤖 Automation And Jobs 🤝 Interpersonal Skills 🫂 Empathy In Business 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Humans Are Underrated

A radiologist's most valuable skill is no longer reading scans. It is reading people.

by Geoff Colvin 2015

3.79

775 ratings

💼 Future Of Work 🤖 Automation And Jobs 🤝 Interpersonal Skills 🫂 Empathy In Business 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

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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⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 💰 Salary Negotiation 🎯 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Mentorship 🧠 Imposter Syndrome

Darling, You Can't Do Both

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

by Janet Kestin 2014

3.79

338 ratings

⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 💰 Salary Negotiation 🎯 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Mentorship 🧠 Imposter Syndrome

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 🌈 Gender Diversity

CustomHer Experience

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 🌈 Gender Diversity

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.

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

Breaking the Zero-Sum Game

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

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