Women Career Success

We've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased, unoriginal, or false. It leads planes and markets to crash, causes juries to convict innocent people, and can quite literally make people think blue is green. In the name of comity, we embrace stupidity. We can make better decisions by embracing dissent. Dissent forces us to question the status quo, consider more information, and engage in creative decision-making.

Gain practical strategies, insights, and tools tailored specifically for women looking to elevate their leadership journey through engaging stories and solid ways to futureproof their careers.

Even if you feel that your insecurities are deeply rooted in your childhood experiences, rest assured that you will be able to recover from these hurtful events - if you give yourself another chance to heal. No one will be able to turn your life around except yourself. Take action now, and be on your way to restoring your self-esteem! Follow the steps, uncover your real worth, and be able to embrace it, so you can live a happier, healthier life without having to doubt yourself again.

With The Glass Ledge, Oubou offers a disruptive guide that explores the 10 most common themes around which women tend to derail themselves, including issues around power, likability, authenticity, conflict, and more. They are organized according to when we are most likely to face them head-on, as some issues present earlier in our careers while others tend to appear later. Each chapter focuses on one of these nuanced themes, incorporating counterintuitive and eye-opening information, including:

Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson are self-proclaimed "business besties" and hosts of the top-ranked podcast Being Boss, where they talk shop and share their combined expertise with other creative entrepreneurs. Now they take the best of their from-the-trenches advice, giving you targeted guidance on: The Boss Mindset: how to weed out distractions, cultivate confidence, and tackle "fraudy feelings"; Boss Habits: including a tested method for visually mapping out goals with magical results; and Boss Money: how to stop freaking out about finances and sell yourself (without shame).

EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY is a no-nonsense how-to guide to life for young women looking to reframe their thinking, to believe in themselves, to take risks, to understand their power, and to feel better overall through finding serenity and taking action.

Going after your professional goals in a foreign country comes with numerous challenges—especially if you are a woman trying to enter a male-dominated field. This compelling book narrates the true story of Dr. Lynne Miller, who managed to realize her dream and open a Muay Thai gym in Phuket, Thailand.

In Aim High: Chart Your Course and Find Success, Deborah James shares her personal and professional challenges, outcomes, strategies for success, and the problem-solving principles she used to overcome the daunting pressures, threats, and challenges that come with rising to the top of the US Armed Forces. As a supplement to her storytelling, Bain and Company, a top-tier management consulting firm, offers research and statistics that prove James's insights have widespread impact.

Make the Never-ending Journey of ‘Becoming’ One You Enjoy Getting Present For! Theresa's path to Becoming More Me was birthed through the personal hurdles and obstacles she faced. Feeling stuck and resistant to change, she found herself in a recurring Groundhog Day of unwanted outcomes. ADHD, repressed feelings, and unresolved trauma culminated in anxiety that she attempted to turn into fuel to do more and “catch up.”

Accomplished executive career and leadership development coach Gala Jackson delivers a comprehensive playbook to help women reconnect with, or meet for the very first time, the strongest, boldest, and most courageous version of themselves. In her book, listeners will explore their professional and personal journey; utilizing Gala's ASCEND practice, they will be able to define authentically aligned success and learn how to pursue it.

For too many professional women it’s not just the glass ceiling holding them back; it’s the sticky floor, too. This may be your experience. You’ve advanced to a specific level in your career, but now you’ve stalled. In Climbing the Spiral Staircase, author Leanne Meyer shares specific, actionable strategies that will help you build the career you aspire to have. This audiobook will help you gain control of your career by reclaiming the passion and ambition with which you began.

Because of the way technology has impacted real estate sales, buyers and sellers have greater access to information and even the ability to direct the sales process. While knowing market information is helpful in real estate sales, most people still lack a key aspect: expertise. By presenting an inside view on sales, McLaughlin provides a guide for maximizing the value of the sale and purchase of homes.

This book contains the keys to help you unlock that sexy, confident, powerful, prosperous, fun, and fabulous diva rockstar inside you that is screaming to be let out! Vanessa's decade-plus work as a spiritual business coach and healing artist has inspired the lives of thousands of women around the world. Allow her inspiring, fun, real-n-raw stories, case studies, and wakeup call experiences ignite your passions and fuel your ability to dream big and celebrate your success!

Something just isn’t right. The pressure, the politics, and the PowerPoints have left you perplexed, paralyzed, and maybe even panicked...“Is it actually possible to have the career I want and deserve?!” You Do You(ish) hurls aside the crusty, decades-old career advice you’ve likely heard for way too long: lean in, executive presence, network, blah, blah, blah. Instead, this book will help you see that there's a better way to have success and get great results. You succeed, you don’t sell out. Are you ready to stop settling for “good enough”?

In her inspirational, self-narrated audiobook Life!, best-selling author, metaphysical lecturer, and teacher Louise L. Hay deals with growing up, relationships, work, spirituality, our elder years, and death. She addresses many of the problems, fears, and challenges that these passages bring. Since beginning her career as a Science of Mind minister in 1981, Hay has assisted thousands of people in discovering and using the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing.

Think the most critical factor for becoming a great entrepreneur is grit, risk taking, or technical skills? Think again. Despite what every other business book might say, historical data show the real secret ingredients to getting ahead in business are being rich, white, and male. Until now. Leapfrog is the decades-overdue start-up bible for the rest of us. It's filled with uncompromising guidance for winning at business your way. Leapfrog is for entrepreneurs of all stripes who are fed up with status quo advice.

Expert business consultant, international speaker, and podcaster Allison Walsh delivers a practical and hands-on guide to evolving into the person you want to be. Allison draws from her expertise in positive psychology, the science of happiness, well-being, and success, pouring her wisdom and advice into every story, strategy, and suggestion. You'll learn actionable tools to elevate your mindset, enhance your confidence, and create a clear success plan for your future.

On the first day of high school, Kristina Ellis' mom - a single, working mother who lost her husband to cancer - informed her that she could not financially support her after graduation. Kristina would need to find her own way to pay for college. As an average student with less-than-impressive test scores, Kristina realized she would have to sell herself to scholarship committees if she wanted to stand out. That's when she devised the plan that led to her receiving over $500,000 in scholarships.

Are You Ready to Be Rich? If you want to get rich, if you want to be wealthier than you are today, you really need to do only four things. That's right, just four things: you need to make a decent living, you need to spend less than you make, you need to invest the money you don't spend so that it can work as hard for you as you're working for yourself, and you need to protect yourself and this financial world you've built so that a disaster, big or small, doesn't take it all away from you.

In this life-changing and entertaining book, Ann Kaplan offers 13 witty, wry, and inspiring chapters full of personal stories, no-nonsense advice, and self-empowerment exercises that will help anyone understand how to get out of their own way. If you want to find a new life and if you want to be successful, Ann Kaplan has the answer. Straightforward, hilarious, and unapologetic she provides the tools and advice that will help you move those self-imposed roadblocks, find wealth greater than you ever imagined, and, yes, how to step on a path toward a life of true success.