Book Recommendation: "Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders"
"Through the Labyrinth: The Truth about How Women Become Leaders" by Alice Eagly and Linda Carli is an amazing read. I read it last semester for a class called Women & Leadership in the Global Environment. I wanted to know the kinds of institutional biases I would face in the workforce, and boy is that a lot to unpack. I'm not going to lie, there are a lot of statistics in this book that might feel downright discouraging. However, I've always had the outlook that the best way to face a problem is to learn everything abo ut it. When facing a workforce that won't see you as a leader, it's a good idea to learn some tricks so that you can do everything in your power to make people see you as one. The stats and cold hard facts in this book helped me to seriously consider what my future is going to look like and how I can become the leader I want to be, despite any obstacles I may face just for being a woman in the workforce (plus any imposter syndrome I mi...
