Book recommendations

Below you will find some books speakers and members strongly recommended to read. If you want to read more about women empowerment or find motivation on how to change your habits, have a look at them!

Hope they inspire you!

  • Invisible Women

    Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap – a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women’s lives.

    By Caroline Criado Perez.

  • How Women Rise

    Overcome the twelve habits holding you back and take your career to new heights with this wise and approachable guide from two business leadership experts. Ready to take the next step in your career . . . but not sure what's holding you back? Read on!

    By Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith.

  • You Are A Badass

    If you're ready to make some serious changes around here, You Are a Badass will help you: Identify and change the self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors that stop you from getting what you want, blast past your fears so you can take big exciting risks, figure out how to make some damn money already, learn to love yourself and others, set big goals and reach them - it will basically show you how to create a life you totally love, and how to create it now.

    By Jen Sincero.

  • The Moment of Lift

    'When you lift up women, you lift up everybody - families, communities, entire countries.’ In her book, Melinda tells the stories of the inspiring people she's met through her work all over the world, digs into the data, and powerfully illustrates issues that need our attention.

    By Melinda Gates.

  • Voices of Powerful Women

    This empowering volume collects the words of 40 amazing women who have shown their personal power in many different ways. These women discuss their work, their achievements, their hopes and their fears, offering inspiration and optimism for the future through their fascinating explanations of what they have achieved. Topics range from influential early experiences, inspirations in life and most admired female figures to causes of anger, greatest fears, how to change the world and advice for the younger generation. This book encourages women everywhere to know they can achieve their greatest ambitions and help change the world for the better.

    By Zoë Sallis.

  • Year of Yes

    In this poignant, hilarious and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of Bridgerton, reveals how saying YES changed her life - and how it can change yours too. Profound, impassioned and laugh-out-loud funny, in Year of Yes Shonda Rhimes reveals how saying YES changed - and saved - her life. And inspires readers everywhere to change their own lives with one little word: Yes.

    By Shonda Rhimes.

  • The Game of Power

    This book shows how to behave successfully as a woman in this environment without having to bend over backwards, described by renowned leadership trainer Marion Knaths. Having been a senior executive in a corporate group herself, she passes on her many years of experience with esprit and verve, using many examples from everyday working life. Always with a sense of humor and always with the aim of increasing women’s influence on the rules of the game.

    By Marion Knaths.

  • The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

    In this timely guide to mindfulness, Haemin Sunim offers advice on everything from handling setbacks to dealing with rest and relationships, in a beautiful book combining his teachings with calming full-colour illustrations. The simple messages speak directly to the anxieties that have become part of modern life and remind us of the strength and joy that come from slowing down.

    By Haemin Sunim.

  • Women don't ask

    Did you know that by failing to negotiate her starting salary for her first job, a woman may sacrifice over a half a million pounds in earnings by the end of her career? Yet, as research reveals, men are four times as likely to ask for higher pay than are women with the same qualifications. In this eye-opening book, the authors draw on research in psychology, sociology, economics and organisational behaviour as well as dozens of interviews to explore the personal and societal reasons why women seldom ask for what they need, want and deserve at work and at home.

    By Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever.

  • The Culture Map

    An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life. It's no surprise that when multiple cultures try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The Culture Map, the author is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.

    By Erin Meyer.

  • New List Item

    This book examines the mechanisms by which mentally healthy people become happy, and how happy people become very happy. It represents the first time any scientists has placed value in the study not only of mental illness, but of “mental wellness”. It’s not about curing one’s ills, but about exercising one’s strengths and virtues in order to achieve what Seligman terms “ authentic happiness”. The life-changing lesson of Authentic Happiness is that, by assessing the every best in ourselves, we can improve the world around us and achieve new and lasting levels of genuine contentment and joy.

    By Martin Seligman.