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Overcome the unique challenges that women face at work. If you listen to nothing else on women and leadership, listen to this book. We have chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you understand the barriers holding women back, ensure their voices are heard, and create a path forward for aspiring female leaders. This book will inspire you to: Challenge stereotypes about women's leadership and vision Root out bias in organizational processes, from hiring to promotion Practice inclusive leadership, especially in male-dominated industries Embed sponsorship into leadership development Invest in on-the-job learning opportunities Work collaboratively to drive change This collection of articles includes ""How to Close the Gender Gap,"" by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg; ""Make Yourself Heard,"" an interview with Deborah Tannen by Amy Bernstein, Sarah Green Carmichael, and Nicole Torres; ""Women and the Vision Thing,"" by Herminia Ibarra and Otilia Obodaru; ""Stop Telling Women They Have Impostor Syndrome,"" by Ruchika T. Malhotra and Jodi-Ann Burey; ""Dig, Bridge, Collectively Act,"" by Tina Opie and Beth A. Livingston; ""The Memo Every Woman Keeps in Her Desk,"" by Kathleen Reardon; ""How Women Can Get Comfortable Playing Politics at Work,"" by Lisa Zigarmi, Julie Diamond, and Lesli Mones; ""What's Really Holding Women Back?,"" by Robin J. Ely and Irene Padavic; ""The Secrets of Successful Female Networkers,"" by Harvard Business Review; ""How to Do Sponsorship Right,"" by Herminia Ibarra; ""Achieve DEI Goals Without DEI Programs,"" by Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev; ""Does the Tech Industry Need a Reboot?,"" an interview with Telle Whitney by Alison Beard; ""Are You Taking on Too Many Non-Promotable Tasks?,"" by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart; and ""How Women Can Win in the Workplace,"" by Kweilin Ellingrud, Lareina Yee, and María del Mar Martínez.

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Ruchika T. Malhotra is the author of the national bestseller, Uncompete: Rejecting Competition To Unlock Success.Ruchika is also the founder of Candour, an inclusion strategy practice.A former international business journalist, her writing has recently appeared in publications including the New York Times and Harvard Business Review.She is a keynote speaker on leadership, workplace culture, and the Uncompete(TM) framework.Her last book, Inclusion on Purpose, was The MIT Press's top selling book of 2022 and called ""transformative"" by Dr. Brené Brown. Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, nine international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School. Prior to joining LBS, she served on the INSEAD and Harvard Business School faculties.An authority on leadership and career development, Thinkers 50 ranks Herminia among the top management thinkers in the world. She is a member of the World Economic Forum's Expert Network, a judge for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, a fellow of the British Academy, and the 2018 recipient of the Academy of Management's Scholar-Practitioner Award for her research's contribution to management practice.Herminia is a member of the London Business School governing body. She chaired the Harvard Business School Visiting Committee, which reports to the university's board of overseers, from 2012 to 2016, having been a member since 2009, and served on the INSEAD board of directors.A native of Cuba, Herminia received her MA and PhD from Yale University, where she was a National Science Fellow. Linda Babcock is James M. Walton Professor of Economics at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Business School, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and the California Institute of Technology. A specialist in negotiation and dispute resolution, her research has appeared in the most prestigious economics, industrial relations, and law journals. Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the organizational behavior unit at Harvard Business School. He has won numerous awards for his research, which focuses on the challenge of managing human capital in small and large organizations across the world. Groysberg is the author of the award-winning book Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance and coauthor (with Michael Slind) of Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations. A frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, he has written many articles and case studies on how firms hire, engage, develop, retain, and communicate with their talented employees. Before joining the Harvard Business School faculty, he worked at IBM. Machelle Williams has crafted an easy storytelling style from twenty-three years as a corporate trainer and keynote diversity speaker. Since 2016 she has successfully produced over twenty-eight audiobook projects. Machelle's voice is nuanced, ranging from soft and soothing to dramatic and smoky. She specializes in mysteries and thrillers; her bespoke repertoire also includes cozy mysteries and nonfiction, as well as titles in the religious, urban, and noire genres. When you need a narrator to take your listener to the edge of their seat and their breath away, trust the telling to Machelle. Adam Verner is a full-time narrator and voice talent with over one hundred titles recorded. He is the recipient of AudioFile Earphones Awards for Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck and The Big It by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. Adam earned his MFA in acting from the Chicago College of the Fine Arts at Roosevelt University.

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