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AUDIO EXCLUSIVE! Includes candid conversations with Rachel conducted by best-selling author Annie Grace, creator of This Naked Mind.In 213, Rachel Pedersen was a single mom, freshly off of food stamps and struggling to get her life on track. Three years later, she left her 9-to-5 job and...

This “empowering and inspirational” (People) memoir of struggle and perseverance offers new ways of envisioning economic equality for everyone—from a leading activist and fashion pioneer. “With community and sisterhood at its center, Wildflower teaches us that against all odds, we can...

Leadership opportunities for women are increasing in the Middle East. As debates about gender parity and gender politics continue to be a hot topic globally, Annabel Harper addresses the complexities of the culture in the Middle East and how business women can navigate these in order to take better advantage of the openings which are emerging.

Award-winning journalist and mom-of-three Paula Faris gives insightful and practical steps for better working, momming, and living to millions of overwhelmed working moms. Being a working mom should work. Instead, it is a thankless, incredibly difficult job, marked by impossible contradictions...

In this follow-up to her international bestseller How Women Rise, Sally Helgesen draws on three decades of work with executives and aspiring leaders around the world to offer practical ways to build more inclusive relationships, teams, and workplaces. Participants at leadership conferences often...

If you're a woman, especially a woman of color, you know this already: You face unique challenges and obstacles as you work to scale the corporate ladder. From not seeing other faces in the room that look like you to dealing with the stereotypes and (often unconscious) biases in the workplace, you may know what to do to succeed, but not how to get it done in this environment. Show Your Worth shows you how. Shelmina Babai Abji speaks directly to professional women about how the power of being intentional and strategic can help transform the headwinds you face into tailwinds.

Drawing on first-hand clinical insight and scientific research, this guide book offers advice on how women of color can be high-performing and successful professionally, without sacrificing their physical, mental, and emotional wellness—a "must-have for Black women" (LaTonya Summers, PhD LMHC...

The trailblazing story of Janet Yellen, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg of economics, and her lifelong advocacy for an economics of empathy that delivers the fruits of a prosperous society to people at the bottom half of the economic ladder. When President Biden announced Janet Yellen as his choice for...

Inclusion, Inc.: How to Design Intersectional Equity into the Workplace moves beyond having tough conversations to deliver an innovative and proven approach to organizational diversity. Eschewing the "mindset-first" approach taken by many diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, author and GEN founder Sara Sanford focuses on countering the systemic barriers that abet inequity by adjusting "cultural levers" to facilitate organization-wide change. The book offers sustainable and cost-effective solutions that yield real, measurable returns.

Rewind to 1971, and Sue Barker's coach is sending his 15-year-old tennis protégé to a junior championship in France, alone, with a one-way ticket, telling her she'd have to win the money to pay for her return fare. Sue hides in the grounds of the hosting tennis club overnight, to avoid paying for a hotel. The next day, she walks onto court and smashes it. Five years later, and she's Britain's No 1. And now, after four decades on camera encouraging other legends to share their stories, she is telling her own.

Women are joining the workforce in increasing numbers, making inroads as entrepreneurs and leaders, acquiring more education, marrying later, and having fewer children—all trends consistent with spending a far greater fraction of their adult lives in the labor force. Women in the Workforce: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides an essential and accessible introduction to the significance of women in the economy and the obstacles they face in claiming equal status, tackling timely topics like the wage gap, "women's work," and gendered workplace interactions.

It can be difficult to break the glass ceiling. Despite the fact that Hollywood is just now beginning to catch up with cultural trends like feminism and female empowerment, the business sector has been as slow to catch up and has given various difficulties to some of the industry's most imaginative and creative minds. While these female entrepreneurs have had to overcome a variety of obstacles, they've shown that nothing can stop them from starting businesses and building fortunes. In this audiobook, learn what it takes to become a successful and wealthy woman in these modern times. 

En el actual modelo económico la visibilidad no es una opción, sino una necesidad. Es la única forma de explicar quién eres y qué ofreces, la única vía de acceso a tus clientes. Porque si no te ven, no te eligen y, por supuesto, no te compran. Neus Arqués ha trabajado con multitud de...

Deep and meaningful interpersonal connections at work are critical to your career—and to your well-being. Bonds built on trust allow women to help one another, exchange information, and be more productive. But high-quality professional relationships are only possible with emotional openness—and not all women feel they can be vulnerable enough in the office to develop these kinds of ties. Making Real Connections explores the many ways that our working relationships with other women are usually amazing—and sometimes messy.

An Empowering Guide for Curing Self-Sabotage and Finding Success by Showing Up as Your Authentic, Vulnerable, and Powerful Self We’ve all heard of the “glass ceiling”—referencing the external oppression women still experience in the workplace. Yet even for those of us who break through...

When women we admire such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg advise "Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes" and Vice President Kamala Harris has to remind a room full of men "I'm speaking," it can feel as though having our own voices heard at work can be a lost cause. Whether we're confronting a colleague about an inappropriate comment or trying to avoid being talked over by a male colleague—again—we can find ways to have our voices heard at work.  Speak Up, Speak Out helps listeners use their voices more effectively to sound off on issues large and small. 

When a woman acts assertively, makes demands, and struggles for what she wants, she is labeled a bitch. The secret is to know when and how to turn on (or turn off) that "bitch switch." Locating your switch prevents you from being exploited or being saddled with a label that is hard to shake. Omarosa wants women to not just find their inner bitch but learn to control it. Whether you're striving to reach your career goals or struggling to maintain a personal relationship, this manual on the use and control of your bitch switch provides intelligent strategies for success.

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Pela primeira vez, conhecemos a mulher por trás da filantropa. Melinda escreve sobre sua vida pessoal, sua história e as dificuldades que supera dia a dia na busca por equidade no próprio casamento. Ela conta as lições mais emocionantes que aprendeu com as pessoas extraordinárias que conheceu ao longo de sua jornada, as experiências transformadoras que viveu e os desafios que enfrentou nessas quase duas décadas de atuação junto à Fundação Bill & Melinda Gates.

Esta frase—'Mulheres não são chatas, mulheres estão exaustas'—vem sendo uma companheira diária que me faz refletir sobre os papéis que desempenhamos. Por que estamos tão cansadas? Por que sentimos que o mundo está pendurado nos nossos ombros? Por que ainda temos tantos medos e tantas dúvidas, mesmo nos assuntos mais básicos? Só de pensar nisso tudo já dá para ficar exausta. E não teria como não ficar. Mas pode ser mais leve se a gente abandonar alguns penduricalhos que realmente não precisam estar ali. Vamos tentar, juntas, nos libertar deles.