Career Development Women

Are you a working mother who feels frazzled and frenetic? This book is for you! Research shows that working mothers experience up to 40% more stress and that women’s happiness has been declining since the 1970s.

You have untapped potential to do, have, and be more in life. But, developing your potential and becoming the best version of yourself will require personal transformation. You will have to transform from who you are today into who you want to become tomorrow. As you grow and develop yourself, you will find you not only become the “best version of you,” but you will also realize your influence with other people increases exponentially.

Women are constantly being told that it's simply too difficult to balance work and family, so if they don't really "have to" work, it's better for their families if they stay home. Not only is this untrue, Leslie Bennetts says, but the arguments in favor of stay-at-home motherhood fail to consider the surprising benefits of work and the unexpected toll of giving it up. It's time, she says, to get the message across: combining work and family really is the best choice for most women.

For many women in their 20s and 30s, the greatest professional hurdle they'll need to overcome has little to do with their work life. The most focused, confident, and ambitious women can find themselves derailed by a tiny little thing: a new baby. While more workplaces are espousing family-friendly cultures, women are still subject to a "parenting penalty", and high-profile conflicts between parenting and the workplace are all over the news, from the controversy over companies covering the costs of egg freezing to the debate over parental leave and child care inspired by Mark Zuckerberg's two-month paternity leave.

In this provocative book, Margaret Heffernan, former CEO and Fast Company contributor, fuses her own experience with that of hundreds of women to identify the biggest challenges and the best solutions that women face today. From VPs of Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurs to women just starting their careers, she traces the patterns and themes underlying women's power, choices, love, sex, money, and other vital topics.

Kemi Nekvapil knows the feelings of fear, vulnerability and powerlessness. Growing up in foster care, many times she had the doors to validation and opportunity closed to her because of her race and gender. Learning to make her own choices and use her voice without apology were her first steps towards a bold, purpose-filled life. Now a highly respected executive and personal coach, Kemi has created a five-step process to guide other women to build their power and transform their lives through the principles of Presence, Ownership, Wisdom, Equality and Responsibility.

A side hustle is a type of job that today’s modern woman can perform whenever and wherever. With a boss-lady mentality and the ability to work within your own schedule and timeframe, this type of gig can help supplement your income without drawing you away from your main priorities, such as children, school, a full-time career, or your ultimate passion.

Feeling lost in the career maze? "Your Career-Discovery Guide" is your map to purpose and fulfillment. This insightful resource goes beyond resumes and job titles, helping you uncover your true passions and translate them into a career you love. Escape the job rut, find your passion path: Passion vs. paycheck: Ditch the confusion! This guide distinguishes between a soul-sucking job and a fulfilling career driven by your genuine interests and values. Self-discovery journey: This isn't a one-size-fits-all manual. With engaging exercises and insightful prompts, you'll embark on a personalized ...

Denise wants to help women unlock the power of adaptability. She wants to show you how to be your own life-coach and how to meet the demands of the different roles we take on in life. With her guidance and utilising the seven lessons she has taken from her time on and off the track, she hopes women can reach their full potential, develop tools to pick themselves up and own their multifaceted identities at work and beyond.

Join Nina Simons on an inspiring journey to shed self-limiting beliefs, lead from the heart, and discover beloved community as you cultivate your own flourishing and liberation. Weaving her own insights together with reflections from cutting-edge leaders, she opens thought-provoking pathways for reflection and growth. In this essential handbook for navigating these perilous times with clarity and joy, Nina invites us to remember and reclaim our sacred relationship to the Earth by rebalancing ourselves and our societies.

At 17, Alexa Carlin became CEO of her first company, designing jewelry that made a difference, one bracelet at a time. But at 21, she was induced into a medical coma and given a one-percent chance to live. In Adaptable, she shares the stories of her journey, offering powerful insights into hope, courage, and life’s challenges. Written and narrated in a heartfelt and authentic tone, Adaptable invites listeners to develop a new perspective on their past and current obstacles.

We worry putting our family first means we'll be forced to abandon our careers. We're afraid if we pause our careers, we'll be forever off track. This thinking is outdated - forget what you've heard about how pauses are career limiting, about how those who pause lack ambition, or that if you do pause you won't be able to reenter the paid workforce. That's a flawed reality, one that doesn't reflect the truth of the careers of some of the most successful women in this country. Author Lisen Stromberg knows this success firsthand.

The Power Playbook is the empowering guide to forging professional success, establishing financial independence, and finding balance for a truly satisfying life. The author of the number one New York Times best seller The Love Playbook, La La Anthony is again opening up her playbook to share her no-nonsense advice. La La is a self-made entrepreneur with a successful fashion line, a cosmetics company, a reality show, and a budding acting career to her credit.

Puede que esté pensando: "¿Funcionará esto realmente para mí?" o "¿Pueden las afirmaciones marcar una diferencia tangible en mi negocio?". Callie Parker aborda estas inquietudes aportando ideas basadas en pruebas y ejemplos prácticos que demuestran el poder transformador de las afirmaciones. Si desea catapultar su productividad y alcanzar sus sueños empresariales, ¡hágase con este libro hoy mismo!

Cheekys' founder Jessi Roberts reveals how she grew one small store hurdle-by-hurdle into a national clothing and accessories brand with a one-and-a-half-million-strong community. Best of all, she did it by standing tall for her values: Always be kind, lift up the next gal, and treat employees and customers like family. More than a business book, Backroads Boss Lady is about embracing your passion even when others don't see value in it - or you - and about putting food on the table and believing in yourself.

No woman was ever born aready self-confident. No woman was ever born with “self-confidence” embedded in her genes. This is suggestive that self-confidence is never and can never be inherited from your parents. Therefore any woman who is willing to buid her self-confidence and be happy can learn and become competent, like any other learn able skill. There are some universal principles that are very critical for women to learn, in our quest to become self-confident, and ultimately become happy people. You deserve to be confident and happy in life.

Asia’s growing economic clout is starting to reshape global business rules that have been molded by Western multinationals for many decades. The region’s rising star, Vietnam, is now flexing its economic muscles, and Competing with Giants tells the story of its transformation from war ruin to dynamic nation through the experiences of Tân Hiệp Phát (THP), the drinks company founded by Phương Uyên Trần’s family. Told through the eyes of the daughter who watched her parents overcome numerous obstacles to achieve success, the book offers a primer for others to follow suit.

Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths Through Work and Motherhood aims to provide listeners with stories and research that support the notion of women owning and feeling confident in the choices they make as they navigate a complex series of work and family transitions. This book challenges the impulse to reduce work/life challenges to a single point in time, such as the decision to return to work after the birth of a child; instead, it recognizes that work and family decisions are anything but stagnant.

Sandra Shpilberg will show you a new way to succeed as an entrepreneur! This provocative startup tale of success exposes Silicon Valley’s startup myths and sets forth a new approach for aspiring and current founders to build companies that make an impact. In New Startup Mindset, Sandra Shpilberg, founder and CEO of Seeker Health, introduces a new mind-set for starting and building a successful company.

Raegan Moya-Jones never thought of herself as an entrepreneur. She was full-time corporate cog in her 30s, with a family to help support. Sick of her micromanaging boss, she quietly started a company in the wee hours of the morning while her daughters were asleep - and once that side business, aden + anais, hit the $1 million mark in revenue, she quit to work on it full-time, which now generates over $100 million a year in revenue.