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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.

• 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 century by 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

• Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide, L. Babcock & C. Laschever
• 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
• Wikinomics, by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams
• You, Inc., Harry Beckwith & Christine Clifford Beckwith