I received a free eARC from the authors/publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Women in Leadership is an interesting, accessible introductory look at women in leadership positions, and the barriers they face in regards to access to power and representation.

The authors interview eight women in leadership, ranging from Hilary Clinton, to Thersa May to Jacinta Adern, and ask questions about the difficulties facing women who reach for positions of power. They look at topics such as women supporting other women, and the extreme focus on appearance of women as opposed to their male counterparts.

It's a fascinating and important book, with plenty of research and anecdotes. It's presented clearly and was very easy to read.

A great empowering book for women and girls of all ages. Some excellent information from very inspirational women who have gone through a lot to gain their own power.

To be published in the July-August issue of Global Business and Organizational Excellence, a Wiley Publication.

I recieved a free copy from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book has a clear and simple approach to a complicated issue of women and leadership. I liked the format of the book and the ability to address large issue in a way that was accessible.
I do think that this book works better as an introduction to the issues rather than for someone who is familiar with problems of women in politics.
I definitely think this is a beneficial book for young women in high school and college as they are starting on their journeys.

A powerful look at women's leadership and the grim global realities of a lack of access to power and representation. Gillard and Okonjo-Iweala, two dynamic and impressive leaders share their experience and explore through conversations with some of the world's most impressive female leaders the systemic barriers, opportunities and benefits of inclusive leadership and representation.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance reader copy- all opinions are my own.

Outstanding collection of essays and perspectives. Will return to this as a resource often. Looking forward to sharing this and recommending for use in my book club.

This is not the kind of book I would usually read, and maybe it is not your usual genre either. But, I enjoyed it and I found it to be both eye opening and helpful. I don't vote for women politicians just because they are women. But neither have I stopped to consider the kind of barriers women have faced in leadership - because they are women. I appreciated the dual authorship perspectives of both Gillard (former Prime Minister of Australia) and Okonjo-Iweala (former World Bank economist). Let's face it, they seemed to score the jackpot in the women who agreed to be interviewed for this book!

So what did I think? Well, I was certainly surprised by the sensitivity of the responses and that these women seemed quite normal. Is it bad for me to assume that they had to have been harsh bullies to fight their way to the top? Yes, I think it is. Perhaps that is what the media would like us to assume; that they are not like other women to have reached their positions of leadership. However, they each spoke of kind mentors and advocates and balancing their family responsibilities alongside their work. Sadly, they received widespread abuse and there was a constant focus not on their words or policies but on their hairstyles and choice of outfit. My respect for these women was grown immensely; they have been extraordinary in courage - but now they seem more relatable too.

I was drawn to this book because one of its co-authors, Julia Gillard, is a personal hero of mine. She's Australian, like me, and was the first (and only) female Australian Prime Minister. I've followed her career as she exited politics in recent years into supporting women's leadership on a global level.

Together with her co-author, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Gillard draws on insights from interviews with eight high-profile female politicians including Hillary Clinton, Jacinda Ardern and Christine Lagarde. The authors skillfully pair the insights from these amazing women with the research and evidence-based on women in leadership. This book tackles important topics for all women leaders, such as how much does appearance matter in the public eye, and to what extent do women support other women?

I really enjoyed reading Women and Leadership! I think the book has a unique perspective, as it was written by Julia Gillard (former Prime Minister of Australia) and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Former Minister of Finance of Nigeria). The book takes a deep dive to looking at women in politics, through a series of interviews with current and former female politicians in pinnacle leadership positions. The book includes summaries of the politicians' career experience and personal interviews which provided an interesting take on a leadership book. After providing context to the interviews, the authors dive into their “hypotheses” to explain the lack of women leaders. In not wanting to spoil the book – I’ll say that they range from appearance to leadership styles to making mistakes and are on point, in my opinion!

I enjoyed that the book looks at systems rather than biases, in doing so it attempts to go beyond looking at individual stories and shows the global experience of women in leadership. At times, it does feel that this was missing. I would recommend to anyone interested in a politics and/or those interested in learning more about women in the highest leadership positions in the world (from Prime Ministers to VPs and more!). It is very dense, and goes very deep into certain topics, which is really the only negative thing I can say about it.

Thank you to NetGalley and the authors for providing a copy for review!

This book gave great insight into women in power and their struggles. I used parts of the text in my HS women’s history course that I teach. Very important read.

I first heard about this book during the 2020 Melbourne Writer's Festival when it ran its very first online festival. Julia Gillard was talking about this book, the research that had gone into it and some of her personal experiences along the road to publication. It piqued my interest but it wasn't until only recently that I had the time to actually sit down and read it.

Women and Leadership are the stories of women who have reached the top of the political (or business) sphere and their journeys on the road to success and the way they were received as leaders. Gillard and Okonjo-Iweala have pieced together their own personal experiences, as well as those of the women they interviewed, and from there posed a series of hypothesis as to why there aren't more women in these leadership roles.

The women they interviewed range in experiences, come from different countries and even in age. The interviews and anecdotes shared within the book are frank, honest and insightful, and I was introduced to a range of inspirational women as a result.

It's definitely not a book you'll read cover-to-cover in one sitting - it took me a few days to get through it and to sit with the ideas presented. It was both interesting and engaging, and as a female leader in her workplace (not politics, though) it was a great contrast to see how women leaders in predominately male-lead spheres compared to working in a female dominated workplace.

If you're at all interested in female leaders, politics or the gender divide (in both) this is well worth a read.

This book is the best book I have read all weekend. What a book! Every woman needs to read this ,every leader needs to read this and cancel all that WE ALL NEED TO READ THIS BOOK. I was moved,I was angered ,I was engaged and above all I was inspired. I felt checked because I always felt that sensitive and emotional people made terrible leaders but I believe we all can be leaders. Read it, save your coins and go get it. Huge thanks to the publisher for my ARC

How frustrating is it to be told by all the different sources the things you must do to be successful in life? This book definitely does NOT do that. It instead takes an empathetic approach and gives bite size approaches and allows you to have kindness and patience with yourself when dealing with life. This is so necessary for everyone to read in life. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

A collection of stories from women in leadership, this book features something for every female reading regardless of their role in society as a change agent, leader, or manager. Some familiar faces were debuted and other women were newly introduced to me, but all of them had glimmers of inspiration in their story.

Regardless of your gender, I think this is a book everyone should read when it comes out in 2021. Julia Hillard, first female PM of Australia, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, first female Finance Minister of Nigeria, wrote a powerful book full of insight from the top female world leaders from Theresa May, Jacinda Arden and Hillary Clinton.

Throughout the book, Julia and Ngozi call on their own experiences to make hypotheses on why when you look at the modern day leaders within the political world such as the G20 or the corporate world such as Fortune 100 companies' boards, there is not more equal gender representation. As a woman in a male-dominated field, I keenly felt many descriptions of experiences shared throughout this book. Theresa May recalled a time when her voice cracked during a speech and she was called emotional... which reminded me of a time I advocated for myself and personal needs at work and found it hard to keep my voice from cracking as well.

Instead of telling women we need to look pretty and appear extremely knowledgeable to succeed, Julia and Ngozi focus on how there are two completely different expectations for female and male leaders in terms of how they dress and speak. Julia and Ngozi share the different approaches the world leaders they interviewed take to this and also put out a louder call to action to continue to recognize and then speak up against sexism.

This is going to be a book I recommend to my fellow female engineering friends when it comes out next year and it's a book I think I am likely to continue thinking about for years to come. I cannot recommend enough and I hope you put it on your 2021 TBR list.

Yet one more book talking about inequality and how hard women around the globe right it. Sometimes women do not even realize they are in the situation of unequal judgement and that has happened to me multiple times. I understand now the reason for this: the world has been designed that way and women have accepted it as well and it will take many more years for a change to happen.

I received an ARC of Women and Leadership by Julia Guillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Net Galley for an unbiased review of the title. I was initially drawn to this book as a woman in a leadership position looking to better serve my own team, while this work certainly inspired me on that front, I most enjoyed hearing about leadership, both trials, and glories from women who excel at it. I did not look this up before reading and was immediately drawn into the wit, intelligence, and storytelling ability of people I have spent my lifetime looking up to.
I think this book is a tribute to indomitable spirit. I plan on buying copies for my entire staff