Book club: the best books for women leaders
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Business and Strategy
When McKinsey Comes to Town
Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Build the Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business If You’re Not a Rich White Guy
Kathryn Finney
When: The scientific secrets of perfect timing
Daniel H. Pink
Principles Life and Work
Ray Dalio
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Priya Parker
My Life in Full
Indra Nooyi
The First 90 Days
Michael D. Watkins
Diversity, Equality and inclusion
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Perez
The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity while Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work
Laura Liswood
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
Marshall B Rosenberg
Habits and Health
The Small Big: Small changes that spark a big influence
Robert Cialdini and Steve Martin
Surrounded by Idiots
Thomas Erikson
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
Nedra Glover Tawwab
168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
Laura Vanderkam
Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives
Anna Kessel
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia and Bill Gifford
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job
Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown
Belonging: The Ancient Code
Owen Eastwood
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
10-10-10
Suzy Welch
How the Female Body Drove Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon
Immunity to Change
Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey
Leadership
Straight Up
Rubi Tui
Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons
Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek
Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms
Shellye Archambeau
Unleash Your Awesome: How to live and work from your Zone of Genius
Daria Williamson
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
Carmine Gallo
NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous women
Qiane Matata-Sipu
The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs
Christina Maslach
Career Advice for Ambitious Women
Mrs. Moneypenny
The HeART of Laser-Focused Coaching
Marion Franklin
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