A former mentor once advised: Whenever you meet someone you admire, always ask them what books have shaped their life and career, and what books they’re currently reading.
With that in mind, we have compiled the list below of relevant and valuable books for Women in Business. The list is a work in progress, and we will continually expand it. We’d happy to hear from you – feel free to email us books that have influenced you in your business career or personal life.
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
Advancing Women in Business – The Catalyst Guide: Best Practices from the Corporate Leaders
| Catalyst; Sheila W. Wellington
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Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want
| Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
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Designed for Success: The 10 Commandments for Women in the Workplace
| Dondi Scumaci
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Do’s and Taboos Around the World for Women in Business
| Roger E. Axtell, Tami Briggs, Margaret Corcoran, Mary Beth Lamb
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Enlightened Power: How Women are Transforming the Practice of Leadership
| Lin Coughlin, Ellen Wingard, Keith Hollihan (editors)
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First, Break all the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
| Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
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Harvard Business Review on Women in Business
| Harvard Business School Press
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How to Say It For Women: Communicating with Confidence and Power Using the Language of Success
| Phyllis Mindel
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Leadership and the One-Minute Manager
| Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, Drea Zigarmi
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Nine Lives: Stories of Women Business Owners Landing on their Feet
| Mary Cantando and Laurie Zuckerman
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Now, Discover Your Strengths
| Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
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The Art of War
| Sun Tzu
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The Book of Five Rings
| Miyamoto Musashi
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The Difference 'Difference' Makes
| Deborah Rhode
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The Hamster Revolution
| Mike Song, Vicky Halsey, Tim Burress, Ken Blanchard
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The One-Minute Manager
| Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard
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The Prince
| Niccolo Machiavelli
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The Seven Habits of highly effective People
| Steven R. Covey
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The Woman's Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What It Takes to Grow Your Business
| Mary Cantando
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What is the Color of your Parachute?2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
| Richard Nelson Bolles
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Who Moved My Cheese?
| Spencer Johnson
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Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change
| Barbara Kellerman and Deborah L. Rhode (editors)
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Women and the Leadership Q: Revealing the Four Path to Influence and Power
| Shoya Zichy
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| Women in Business: the Changing Face of Leadership | Patricia Werhane, Margaret Posig, Lisa Gundry, Laurel Ofstein, Elizabeth Powell |
