Power and Confidence Series Resources
Below are some of the resources I used for the Power and Confidence Series in case you are interested in a deeper dive.
Books
7 Rules of Power: Surprising—but True—Advice on How to Get Things Done and Advance Your Career, Jeffrey Pfeffer (Jun 2022)
Acting with Power: Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe, Deborah Gruenfeld (Apr 2021)
Selfless: The Social Creation of “You”, Brian Lowery (Mar 2023)
Our Separate Ways, With a New Preface and Epilogue: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity, Ella Bell Smith and Stella M. Nkomo (Aug 2021) This one is on my list after seeing it referenced in a paper I was reading.
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown (May 2018)
I'm Still Here (Adapted for Young Listeners): Loving Myself in a World Not Made for Me, Austin Channing Brown (Apr 2023)
Powering Up: How America's Women Achievers Become Leaders, Anne Doyle (3rd version 2017)
Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace, David G. Smith, W. Brad Johnson (Oct 2020) The first author of this book wrote several articles I read for this session
Media
Articles
The Power of Language: Gender, Status, and Agency in Performance Evaluations, Smith et. al., 2018
How Performance Evaluations Hurt Gender Equality, Smith et. al., 2018
Overlooked Leadership Potential: The Preference for Leadership Potential in Job Candidates Who Are Men vs. Women, Player, et. al, 2019
"The self" doesn’t exist. Instead, you constantly shape multiple selves, Lowery, 2023
Middle managers may turn to unethical behavior to face unrealistic expectations, 2023
The Myth of the Ideal Worker: Does Doing All the Right Things Really Get Women Ahead? (Catalyst Report), Silva, 2011 (this page also links to a number of HBR articles)
Unwritten Rules: Why Doing a Good Job Might Not Be Enough (Catalyst Report), Sabattini and Dinolfo, 2012
