Women Workplace

Participants at leadership conferences often tell Sally, “Please don’t spend your time telling us why developing and retaining a diverse workforce is important. We get it. The problem is, we don’t know how to do it.” Rising Together provides that missing how in full detail by identifying both what holds us back and specific tactics that can help us move forward.

Follow my lead, Flyboy… Captain Stephanie ‘Piranha’ Ely had fought for every commendation and honor that she’d received her entire life – and wasn’t about to let anyone take that from her. She volunteered for this assignment, knowing it would guarantee a spot in command and had no clue just how much resolve it was actually going to take – especially when it came to Scarecrow. Copy that – I’m on your tail… Joey ‘Scarecrow’ Charlton didn’t have a care in the world. No commitments, no strings attached back home, and zero drive to do anything else. Eat, sleep, and fly...

There's never been more discussion around diversity and inclusion in the workplace. From gender pay gaps to the #MeToo movement, it seems that every organization has finally recognized that change needs to happen. Despite this, true progress towards more inclusive workspaces has been excruciatingly slow and, in some cases, has grinded to a halt.

Never fall in love when you’re full of Christmas spirit… Stefan is the only guy I’ve ever really wanted. But on the night that I finally plucked up courage to ask him back to my room, he turned me down. Okay, he didn't just turn me down; he crushed my very soul. That was a month ago, and now, at Christmastime, I’m traveling with my family to the Arctic Circle to celebrate Noah’s wedding. Because Stefan and I are the only two singletons left, I just know we’re going to end up sitting together on the plane and in restaurants. I can’t bear to be near him. It hurts too much. And ...

Lucille Barker was on her way to work when she knew something was wrong with her car. The steering wheel was extremely hard to turn and then she felt the passenger's side start to droop and pull to the left. On top of everything else, it was raining! She quickly pulled over to the side of the road, put up her umbrella and walked around to the passenger's side to investigate. She had a flat tire! She remembered her boss threatening her that if she was late one more time, he would fire her. As she stood there and worried, she heard a car pull up behind her. An elegantly dressed man who looked...

Get the series that readers are calling “addictive,” “steamy,” and “un-putdownable.” From five-star US and U.K. Amazon best-selling Author, Roxie Wilde comes the Buying Curves Boxed Set. All of her favorite alpha heroes, witty heroines, and daring storylines in one place. Happily Ever After guaranteed. Luci: When I rolled into Los Angeles on my last tank of gas, I was desperate. Any job would do, anything to be able to stop living in my car. Even being the assistant to a billionaire playboy. But Oliver Knight has another job for me to do. One that just might cost me my heart. ...

A hot fling offers them both a chance to escape their pasts… Bridget Hitchcock – Birdie to her friends – is getting married to the man of her dreams. Or so she keeps telling herself. When Fate intervenes to ruin the big day, Bridget’s devastated, but she’s honest enough to admit that the humiliation and embarrassment has upset her more than actually losing Mal. Standing on Wellington quay in the rain in her wedding dress, she contemplates where to go from here, and has no idea. Aaron Reed is dashing through the rain with his son to their hotel room when he spots the beautiful ...

I’m pregnant by one man. And in love with another. I’m in ten kinds of trouble. I’ve always had a secret crush on Henry West. He’s my kinda guy. Tall. Big. Quiet. Gentle, but with muscles that tell you he could wrestle a bear for you if he had to. I met him when I was twenty-one, but he was engaged, and I was with Cam. So nothing has ever happened between us. Despite the fact that we work together. That when he thinks I’m not watching, he looks at me as if he’s picturing me naked. As if he’s debating what position to take me in. As if he’s thinking about how I might taste. ...

Culture change expert and diversity speaker Michelle Silverthorn explains how to transform diversity and inclusion from mere lip service into the very heart of leadership. Following the journey of a Black woman in the workplace, leaders learn the old rules of diversity that keep failing her and millions like her again and again, and the new rules they must put in place to make success a reality for everyone.

Warning: Irredeemably twisted and deliciously dirty. Not suitable for all readers. No cheating. Fast-paced instalove read with cute and steamy happy-ever-after guaranteed. I'm being blackmailed, and a gorgeous, arrogant sheikh has now taken over my life... It's my fault. I didn't realize I was trespassing until it was too late, and now my life is in his hands. I can either choose death...or submit to do his every bidding. I absolutely hate his touch, but this ridiculously hot and annoyingly overbearing sheikh says I'm just lying to myself. Every second with him is mortifying, but why does ...

Kathy Caprino guides women to take the reins in their careers by identifying and overcoming the seven most damaging power gaps holding them back and accessing new levels of internal and external power to propel you forward to the success you want and deserve. The business world has been forever changed by the important progress and contributions that women have made. Yet, with only 38 percent of manager roles and 22 percent of C-suite positions being held by women, women continue to struggle to achieve the reward, respect, and authority they have earned.

He's the leader she can't resist, and the friend she's secretly loved for years. When duty calls, will they finally risk it all? Fire Chief Reese Carpenter—leader, teacher, mentor, and relentless jokester. He’s always the steady hand in their chaotic firehouse, keeping everyone grounded even when the heat’s on. But when a crisis shatters his carefully controlled world, it’s Eileen he turns to for support. Paramedic Eileen Ballantine had heard plenty of stories about the elusive fire chief, but meeting Reese in the flesh is a surprise. With lives on the line, she expects discipline ...

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”?

The best way to get over a guy is to get under another one... right? ALEXIS: After my ex conned me out of my savings and shattered my trust, I decided to stay on board this luxury cruise ship after my best friend, Claire's wedding. Two weeks of sun, sand, and carefully calculated rebounds should do the trick. My curves have never failed to attract attention, and I plan to use every weapon in my arsenal to forget my heartache. TREVOR: Give me engines, gauges, and control panels any day. But people? They're complicated, unpredictable, and impossible to troubleshoot. Now I'm being forced to ...

Women of color comprise one of the fastest-growing segments in the corporate workforce, yet often we are underrepresented—among the first, few, or only ones in a department or company. For too long, corporate structures, social zeitgeist, and cultural conditioning have left us feeling exhausted and downtrodden, believing that in order to “fit in” and be successful, we must hide or change who we are.

When Vince’s coworker, Derek, accidentally gets a peek at the lacy underwear Vince is wearing, Vince fears the worst – that Derek will tell the others in their crew and Vince will be ridiculed. He certainly isn’t expecting Derek to divulge a secret of his own instead. This sweet and steamy MM short story features two heavily muscled construction workers, a couple of secrets exposed, and some lacy goodness.

An escaped slave turned pirate. A slaver’s daughter turned rebel. Together, they’ll set the world on fire. Captain Mara Foster has fought too hard for her freedom to trust a plantation owner's daughter—even one who risks everything to free slaves from her father's estate. But when a midnight raid forces her to choose between leaving Adelaide Beaumont to die or bringing the aristocrat aboard her ship, Mara's decision to save her threatens everything she's built. Adelaide has spent months secretly working with abolitionists, but nothing has prepared her for life aboard The Sun Queen and...

New Rules of the Game provides insights, tips and direction to women in business, based on experiences from author and HGTV co-founder Susan Packard's own 30 year career, along with a dozen other prominent executives. Packard advocates for a revolutionary new perspective for businesswomen, which she calls "gamesmanship" - a strategic way of thinking that cultivates creativity, focus, optimism, teamwork, and competitiveness.

A dangerous vendetta, a curvy nanny, and the mafia king who will stop at nothing to protect her… Luca Romano is a ruthless mafia enforcer—not a family man. Yet when his brother is tragically killed, he becomes a father overnight. Struggling to balance his thirst for revenge and his newfound responsibility, Luca turns to the only solution he can think of—hiring a nanny. But he never expected the nanny to be all compassionate innocence wrapped up in a sinfully curvy package. She's beautiful, irresistible, and absolutely infuriating. Dana is sassy, independent, and knows exactly how to ...

This book bundle includes two sweet romance novels from THE WEDDING WHISPERER series. (THE WEDDING BET, Book 4) When aerobics instructor Kennedy takes a bet with co-worker Steve to not date anyone before her friend’s wedding she begins to wonder if true love has been in front of her this whole time. (THE WEDDING PROMISE, Book 5) When Carrie reunites with childhood friend Lucas, she wonders if he remembers their promise to marry at thirty and if her secret dreams will come true. ★★★★★ “I really enjoyed this clean and funny romance.” — Quinn Fforde, on The Wedding Bet ★★...