36 Books like Lean In

The Likeability Trap

by Alicia Menendez • 2019

The workplace paradox trapping women: warmth undercuts competence, strength undercuts likeability.

3.57

1k+

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 🪢 Double Bind

The Likeability Trap 97%

The workplace paradox trapping women: warmth undercuts competence, strength undercuts likeability.

by Alicia Menendez 2019

3.57

1k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 🪢 Double Bind

Darling, You Can't Do Both

by Janet Kestin • 2014

You cannot outwork bias or out-nice sexism. Two creative chiefs on what moves women forward.

3.79

338

🏢 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 💰 Salary Negotiation

Darling, You Can't Do Both 97%

You cannot outwork bias or out-nice sexism. Two creative chiefs on what moves women forward.

by Janet Kestin 2014

3.79

338 ratings

🏢 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 💰 Salary Negotiation

Feminist Fight Club

by Jessica Bennett • 2016

How to get heard, paid, and promoted when the office deck is stacked against you.

3.76

8k+

💢 Workplace Sexism 🧠 Unconscious Bias 😰 Imposter Syndrome

Feminist Fight Club 95%

How to get heard, paid, and promoted when the office deck is stacked against you.

by Jessica Bennett 2016

3.76

8k+ ratings

💢 Workplace Sexism 🧠 Unconscious Bias 😰 Imposter Syndrome

The Authority Gap

by Mary Ann Sieghart • 2021

Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.

4.31

3k+

🧑‍⚖️ Gender Bias 🏢 Workplace Inequality 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

The Authority Gap 95%

Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.

by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021

4.31

3k+ ratings

🧑‍⚖️ Gender Bias 🏢 Workplace Inequality 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Unfinished Business

by Anne-Marie Slaughter • 2015

Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.

3.91

3k+

🏢 Workplace Equality 🧱 Care Infrastructure 🔄 Career Reentry

Unfinished Business 95%

Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.

by Anne-Marie Slaughter 2015

3.91

3k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Equality 🧱 Care Infrastructure 🔄 Career Reentry

Knowing Your Value

by Mika Brzezinski • 2011

Why you're paid less, and a direct approach to negotiating the salary you deserve.

3.80

4k+

🗣️ Career Negotiation ⚖️ Gender Pay Gap 🚧 Self-Sabotage

Knowing Your Value 95%

Why you're paid less, and a direct approach to negotiating the salary you deserve.

by Mika Brzezinski 2011

3.80

4k+ ratings

🗣️ Career Negotiation ⚖️ Gender Pay Gap 🚧 Self-Sabotage

How Women Rise

by Sally Helgesen • 2018

The 12 career habits that hold women back, and the shifts that counter each one.

4.08

10k+

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Career Advancement 🪤 Self-Sabotage

How Women Rise 95%

The 12 career habits that hold women back, and the shifts that counter each one.

by Sally Helgesen 2018

4.08

10k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Career Advancement 🪤 Self-Sabotage

The Memo

by Minda Harts • 2019

Career advice assumes a seat at the table. This one starts outside, with a plan.

4.21

2k+

💼 Corporate Careers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 🤝 Networking Strategies

The Memo 95%

Career advice assumes a seat at the table. This one starts outside, with a plan.

by Minda Harts 2019

4.21

2k+ ratings

💼 Corporate Careers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 🤝 Networking Strategies

No Explanation Required!

by Carol Sankar • 2021

Stop explaining. Stop apologizing. The word-level tools that get women heard and promoted.

3.53

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Executive Presence 🗣️ Assertive Language

No Explanation Required! 95%

Stop explaining. Stop apologizing. The word-level tools that get women heard and promoted.

by Carol Sankar 2021

3.53

38 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Executive Presence 🗣️ Assertive Language

Pay Up

by Reshma Saujani • 2022

The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.

3.59

970

👩‍💼 Working Mothers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 💰 Unpaid Labor

Pay Up 95%

The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.

by Reshma Saujani 2022

3.59

970 ratings

👩‍💼 Working Mothers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 💰 Unpaid Labor

Likeable Badass

by Alison Fragale • 2024

How women get the respect they deserve: blend warmth and competence, and build an army of advocates.

4.24

3k+

👩‍💼 Women'S Leadership 📈 Career Strategy 🏆 Status Building

Likeable Badass 94%

How women get the respect they deserve: blend warmth and competence, and build an army of advocates.

by Alison Fragale 2024

4.24

3k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women'S Leadership 📈 Career Strategy 🏆 Status Building

Machiavelli For Women

by Stacey Vanek Smith • 2021

Negotiate pay, speak up, handle difficult colleagues: Renaissance tactics for working women.

4.03

2k+

🏢 Workplace Strategy 💰 Career Negotiation 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Machiavelli For Women 94%

Negotiate pay, speak up, handle difficult colleagues: Renaissance tactics for working women.

by Stacey Vanek Smith 2021

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Strategy 💰 Career Negotiation 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Ambitious Like a Mother

by Lara Bazelon • 2022

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

3.58

164

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering

Ambitious Like a Mother 94%

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

by Lara Bazelon 2022

3.58

164 ratings

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering

The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women

by Valerie Young • 2011

70% of successful women feel like frauds. The competence standards you set are stacked against you.

3.85

2k+

🎭 Impostor Syndrome 💼 Women In The Workplace 🧠 Cognitive Distortions

The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women Summary

The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women 94%

70% of successful women feel like frauds. The competence standards you set are stacked against you.

by Valerie Young 2011

3.85

2k+ ratings

🎭 Impostor Syndrome 💼 Women In The Workplace 🧠 Cognitive Distortions

Gravitas

by Lisa Sun • 2023

You don't have to be an extrovert to have gravitas. Eight strengths for true authority, your way.

3.94

218

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Executive Presence 💪 Strengths-Based Growth

Gravitas 94%

You don't have to be an extrovert to have gravitas. Eight strengths for true authority, your way.

by Lisa Sun 2023

3.94

218 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Executive Presence 💪 Strengths-Based Growth

Dear Madam President

by Jennifer Palmieri • 2018

Leadership was designed by men. A White House veteran shows women how to rewrite the rules.

3.89

6k+

🗳️ Women In Politics ✊ Feminist Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Dear Madam President 94%

Leadership was designed by men. A White House veteran shows women how to rewrite the rules.

by Jennifer Palmieri 2018

3.89

6k+ ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics ✊ Feminist Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office

by Lois P. Frankel • 2004

133 specific coaching fixes for the habits that make smart women seem like junior staff.

3.66

20k+

📈 Career Advancement 🏛️ Office Politics 👗 Self-Presentation

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office Summary

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office 94%

133 specific coaching fixes for the habits that make smart women seem like junior staff.

by Lois P. Frankel 2004

3.66

20k+ ratings

📈 Career Advancement 🏛️ Office Politics 👗 Self-Presentation

Remember Who You Are

by Paula Brown Stafford • 2018

Which priorities shatter and which can wait: a leadership guide for women who want both.

4.58

🏢 Career Advancement 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Personal Branding

Remember Who You Are 94%

Which priorities shatter and which can wait: a leadership guide for women who want both.

by Paula Brown Stafford 2018

4.58

48 ratings

🏢 Career Advancement 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Personal Branding

Work Wife

by Erica Cerulo • 2019

Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.

3.77

270

🚀 Female Founders 👥 Cofounder Dynamics 👯 Friendship At Work

Work Wife 94%

Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.

by Erica Cerulo 2019

3.77

270 ratings

🚀 Female Founders 👥 Cofounder Dynamics 👯 Friendship At Work

Drop the Ball

by Tiffany Dufu • 2017

A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.

3.83

4k+

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 🏠 Household Labor Division 🎈 Letting Go Of Perfection

Drop the Ball 94%

A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.

by Tiffany Dufu 2017

3.83

4k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 🏠 Household Labor Division 🎈 Letting Go Of Perfection

Exit Interview

by Kristi Coulter • 2023

Amazon promised a meritocracy. For women, ambition demanded a second full-time job: survival.

4.14

7k+

💻 Tech Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work

Exit Interview 94%

Amazon promised a meritocracy. For women, ambition demanded a second full-time job: survival.

by Kristi Coulter 2023

4.14

7k+ ratings

💻 Tech Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out

by Lois P. Frankel • 2020

Specific scripts for the conversations where being agreeable gets women overlooked at work.

3.35

250

💬 Workplace Communication 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📣 Self-Advocacy

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out Summary

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out 94%

Specific scripts for the conversations where being agreeable gets women overlooked at work.

by Lois P. Frankel 2020

3.35

250 ratings

💬 Workplace Communication 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📣 Self-Advocacy

My Life in Full

by Indra Nooyi • 2021

An immigrant's rise to PepsiCo CEO, and the family tradeoffs no corner office can fix.

4.24

10k+

🏢 Corporate Leadership 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📝 Executive Memoirs

My Life in Full 94%

An immigrant's rise to PepsiCo CEO, and the family tradeoffs no corner office can fix.

by Indra Nooyi 2021

4.24

10k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Leadership 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📝 Executive Memoirs

Nice Girls Just Don't Get It

by Lois P. Frankel • 2005

How your 'nice' conditioning costs you promotions, raises, and respect, and what to do instead.

3.61

529

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🗣️ Assertiveness Training 🚧 Boundary Setting

Nice Girls Just Don't Get It 94%

How your 'nice' conditioning costs you promotions, raises, and respect, and what to do instead.

by Lois P. Frankel 2005

3.61

529 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🗣️ Assertiveness Training 🚧 Boundary Setting

Unapologetically Ambitious

by Shellye Archambeau • 2020

Become CEO by treating your career as a strategic campaign: a playbook from someone who did.

4.05

2k+

🎯 Career Strategy 👩‍💼 Women In Business 🤝 Mentorship

Unapologetically Ambitious 94%

Become CEO by treating your career as a strategic campaign: a playbook from someone who did.

by Shellye Archambeau 2020

4.05

2k+ ratings

🎯 Career Strategy 👩‍💼 Women In Business 🤝 Mentorship

Ask For It

by Linda Babcock • 2008

Why women leave thousands unasked, and the negotiation playbook that closes the gap.

2k+

🎯 Negotiation Tactics 👩‍💼 Women In The Workplace 💰 Salary Negotiation

Ask For It 94%

Why women leave thousands unasked, and the negotiation playbook that closes the gap.

by Linda Babcock 2008

2k+ ratings

🎯 Negotiation Tactics 👩‍💼 Women In The Workplace 💰 Salary Negotiation

Modern Misogyny

by Kristin J. Anderson • 2014

A quiet bigotry replaced overt sexism; the illusion of equality makes it harder to fight.

4.14

🔍 Subtle Sexism 🏷️ Post-Feminist Critique 🛒 Neoliberal Feminism

Modern Misogyny 93%

A quiet bigotry replaced overt sexism; the illusion of equality makes it harder to fight.

by Kristin J. Anderson 2014

4.14

92 ratings

🔍 Subtle Sexism 🏷️ Post-Feminist Critique 🛒 Neoliberal Feminism

Everything Is Negotiable

by Meg Myers Morgan • 2018

You give too much. The counterintuitive case for caring less and negotiating a bigger life.

3.80

360

🔑 Negotiation For Women 📐 Life Design 🧩 Perfectionism

Everything Is Negotiable 93%

You give too much. The counterintuitive case for caring less and negotiating a bigger life.

by Meg Myers Morgan 2018

3.80

360 ratings

🔑 Negotiation For Women 📐 Life Design 🧩 Perfectionism

The New Feminist Agenda

by Madeleine Kunin • 2012

Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.

3.76

119

🏛️ Work-Family Policy 🇩🇰 Nordic Social Model 🧒 Child Poverty

The New Feminist Agenda 93%

Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.

by Madeleine Kunin 2012

3.76

119 ratings

🏛️ Work-Family Policy 🇩🇰 Nordic Social Model 🧒 Child Poverty

Fed Up

by Gemma Hartley • 2018

Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.

3.72

4k+

🧹 Domestic Labor ⚖️ Marriage Equality ✊ Feminist Self-Help

Fed Up 93%

Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.

by Gemma Hartley 2018

3.72

4k+ ratings

🧹 Domestic Labor ⚖️ Marriage Equality ✊ Feminist Self-Help

Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett • 2013

Mentors advise. Sponsors promote. How to attract the senior ally who will fight for your career.

3.71

776

🚀 Career Advancement 🏛️ Workplace Politics 🎯 Executive Presence

Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor 93%

Mentors advise. Sponsors promote. How to attract the senior ally who will fight for your career.

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett 2013

3.71

776 ratings

🚀 Career Advancement 🏛️ Workplace Politics 🎯 Executive Presence

If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair

by Anya Hindmarch • 2021

How a fashion CEO reframes fear, builds systems, and treats self-care as a business strategy.

3.59

2k+

👜 Women In Business 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair 93%

How a fashion CEO reframes fear, builds systems, and treats self-care as a business strategy.

by Anya Hindmarch 2021

3.59

2k+ ratings

👜 Women In Business 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear

by Caitlin Friedman • 2008

A career playbook for women: chart your course, negotiate your salary, and build a real network.

3.34

146

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🧭 Career Planning 📣 Self-Promotion

The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear Summary

The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear 93%

A career playbook for women: chart your course, negotiate your salary, and build a real network.

by Caitlin Friedman 2008

3.34

146 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🧭 Career Planning 📣 Self-Promotion

The Art of War for Women

by Chin-Ning Chu • 2001

Win at work without becoming someone else: Sun Tzu's strategy, rewritten for women's careers.

3.66

2k+

👩‍💼 Feminine Leadership 🏢 Office Politics ♟️ Strategic Thinking

The Art of War for Women 93%

Win at work without becoming someone else: Sun Tzu's strategy, rewritten for women's careers.

by Chin-Ning Chu 2001

3.66

2k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Feminine Leadership 🏢 Office Politics ♟️ Strategic Thinking

WOLFPACK

by Abby Wambach • 2019

Why gratitude kept you small, and the eight wild rules for taking your power back.

4.15

26k+

🐺 Women'S Leadership 🤝 Collective Success 🗣️ Self-Advocacy

WOLFPACK 93%

Why gratitude kept you small, and the eight wild rules for taking your power back.

by Abby Wambach 2019

4.15

26k+ ratings

🐺 Women'S Leadership 🤝 Collective Success 🗣️ Self-Advocacy

Seen, Heard, and Paid

by Alan Henry • 2022

For underrepresented professionals: the tasks that actually get you promoted and the ones to refuse.

4.08

116

📈 Career Advancement 🌐 Marginalized Professionals 📋 Non-Promotable Tasks

Seen, Heard, and Paid 93%

For underrepresented professionals: the tasks that actually get you promoted and the ones to refuse.

by Alan Henry 2022

4.08

116 ratings

📈 Career Advancement 🌐 Marginalized Professionals 📋 Non-Promotable Tasks

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