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Welcome to the Women's Leadership library guide!
On this page, you can find links to e-books used in some WLD courses. Additionally, there are links to related research guides.On the "Selected E-Books" tab, we've collected links to e-books available through HPU Libraries related to Women's Leadership.
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E-Books
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Women and Leadership by Call Number: E-BookISBN: 9781633696730Publication Date: 2019This collection of 10 essential articles from the Harvard Business Review explores the barriers to gender equality in the workplace and offers strategies for fostering leadership opportunities, addressing biases, and supporting gender diversity initiatives.
Through the Labyrinth by Call Number: E-BookISBN: 9781422116913Publication Date: 2007-09-17Alice Eagly and Linda Carli explore the complex challenges women face in attaining leadership roles, arguing that the outdated "glass ceiling" metaphor should be replaced with the more nuanced concept of a labyrinth to reflect the indirect and varied paths women must navigate.
Break Your Own Rules by Call Number: E-BookISBN: 9781118062548Publication Date: 2011-09-13This book outlines six outdated assumptions that hinder women's leadership advancement and provides new, empowering strategies for breaking through to senior-level positions, drawing on insights from interviews with top executives and real-world success stories.
I Wish I'd Known This by Call Number: E-BookISBN: 9781523000975Publication Date: 2022-08-16Blind Spots by Brenda Wensil and Kathryn Heath identifies six critical challenges that hinder women's careers and provides strategies to overcome them, emphasizing goal-setting, networking, practice, personal branding, and self-awareness.
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