The presence of women in leadership is increasingly common in companies. Whether to lead a team or to run an entire business, professionals who have reached this level or want the position must remain prepared to deal with market challenges. For that, a good suggestion is to go after books on female leadership and management.
This practice allows professionals to learn about the stories of women who have reached management positions, how they dealt with the challenges faced in this process, and the best ways to maintain a position at this level. All this knowledge helps you to make good decisions in your career and achieve that same result more easily.
In this article, we present 7 books on women in leadership that can help market professionals who have the same goal. Follow it!
“Equilibrist girls: the project of happiness for women who are reaching the job market”
Written by a psychologist and businesswoman Cecilia Russo Troiano, the book presents a study by her on the expectations regarding the job market of the women who make up Generation Y – also called Millennial, which includes people born in the early years 80s until the mid-90s.
Reading is important for women of this generation who are taking on leadership positions and need to deal with professionals from previous generations, such as Generation X – the baby boomers, who are people born at the beginning of 1960s to the mid-1970s – and possible conflicts between them.
The material also helps those who wish to take command positions, facilitating their understanding of career and work life.
“Make it happen: women, work and the will to lead”
This book is authored by the current COO (Chief Operating Officer, in Portuguese) of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg. With a successful and outstanding career in the world, the businesswoman launched her book on female leadership in 2013, which talks about the stagnation of women in their careers and how to overcome market challenges.
Reading is important for market professionals to understand the reality of female leadership around the world, especially in the corporate environment. The author also presents the main challenges faced by women and how they can increase their performance potential, reaching the top of management more easily.
“Extraordinary: women who revolutionized Brazil”
In this book released in 2017, Duda Porto de Souza and Aryane Cararo present a list of women who have made a difference to society and the history of Brazil, but who are not well known or mentioned in Brazilian books. The authors tell how they became examples of courage, strength, and determination, becoming great inspirations for the female audience.
Although not focused on the corporate world and the female career, the book helps to inspire and motivate the search for dreams and goals, forming values and presenting lessons for women who wish to overcome barriers and reach the top of the hierarchy within the world business.
“Alpha Woman”
In line with the previous reading, in the book “Mulher Alfa”, Cristiana Xavier de Brito presents the different stories of 10 women who reached leadership positions and became examples in their segments.
The author is not limited only to the corporate environment, since she presents cases such as that of federal deputy Mara Gabrilli, with special needs who overcame barriers and made history in her career.
Reading is inspiring and helps to strengthen women’s self-confidence in their careers, showing that even in the face of adversity and challenges such as prejudice and inequality, it is possible to achieve their goals.
“#GirlBoss”
This book is an autobiography, which tells the story of the American businesswoman Sophia Amoruso. Known for the success of her career, the author presents how, at the age of 22, she started a virtual store to sell used clothes on the eBay marketplace and 8 years later she created her own e-commerce: the Nasty Gal.
The author shows how she overcame the challenges of this new scenario of digital transformation, new technologies, and virtual environment. The book was also used as inspiration for a Netflix series, which bears the same name GirlBoss.
“Big Magic”
This book was written by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the bestselling “Eat, Pray, Love”, which became a film in 2010 and inspired thousands of women around the world. In this new material, she addresses female leadership, focusing on the mysteries of inspiration and the motivation of a creative life.
For this, the author tells stories of her personal life and that of acquaintances, reflecting on innovation, its origin, and how it can exist in different aspects of human life. In this sense, reading is of great help to women in leadership or to those who wish to achieve this position.
Elizabeth talks about the book and its creation process during a TED lecture, showing a little bit of what can be found during reading.
“Breaking into the Boys Club: 8 ways for women to move ahead in business”
This book is one of the most recommended readings for women who want to grow in their careers and achieve leadership positions. Written by three authors, two of them being women, the material presents tips and advice for the female audience to be able to evaluate their work environment, identify problems related to their gender, and transform them into differentials that facilitate their development within the business.
For this, the book presents guides that readers can use in their daily lives. The material also includes quizzes and tips from coaches who have market experience, facilitating the understanding of each subject dealt with.
These are some of the readings that can help women of all segments, generations, and positions to reach further and achieve their career goals, achieving leadership positions and success.