AWF has a tradition of asking speakers to recommend a book that has influenced them in some way. These books are then offered as prizes in the monthly raffle and listed on this page as a helpful resource.
- 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, by Laura Vanderkam
- Play Like a Man Win Like a Woman by Gail Evans
- Be your Own Mentor by Sheila Wellington
- TheTrusted Advisor by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green & Robert M. Galford
- Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge by Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus
- The Elements of Style Third Edition by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White – a classic writing reference manual
- A Whole New Mind, Donald Pink
- Beyond Reason – Using Emotions as You Negotiate, Roger Fisher & Daniel Shapiro
- Fierce Conversations – Achieving Success at Work & in Life, Susan Scott
- Getting to Yes; Negotiating an agreement without giving in by Roger Fisher and William Ury
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- You can get anything you want in life but you haveto do more than ask by Roger Dawson
- Be Your Own Mentor Strategies from the top women on the secrets of success by Sheila Wellington
- The World is Flat; A brief history of the 21st centuryby Thomas Friedman
- The Rice-Paper Ceiling: Breaking Through Japanese Corporate Culture by Rochelle Kopp
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Harperbusiness Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini
- Building Performance-Based 360 Degree Assessments: From Design to Delivery- Lawrence John Cipolla
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Manga Edition) by Patrick Lencioni, illustrated by Kensuke Okabayashi
- Accountability Leadership by Gerald A. Kraines, M.D., CEO of The Levinson Institute
Some reading recommendations from the AWF Board:
- Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide, L. Babcock & C. Laschever
- Careers Advice for Successful Women, Mrs Moneypenny
- Marketing to Women: How to Understand, Reach, and Increase Your Share of the World’s Largest Market Segment, M. Barletta
- Gender and Diversity in Management: A Concise Introduction, C. Gatrel & E. Swan
- In A Different Voice, C. Gilligan
- Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career, H. Ibarra
- Why Women Mean Business, A. Wittenberg-Cox & A. Maitland
- Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, Lois P. Frankel
- The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
- The Power of a Positive No, William Ury
- The Future of Management, Gary Hamel
- Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, Roger Fisher & William Ury
- Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Jerry Weissman
- Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds
- Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences, Nancy Duarte
- Wikinomics, by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams
- You, Inc., Harry Beckwith & Christine Clifford Beckwith
